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San Pietro in Vincoli

San Pietro in Vincoli is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in , Italy. The church is on the Oppian Hill near metro station, a short distance from the .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Rome
  • Also known as: “Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli”, “Basilica of St. Peter in Chains”, and “Saint Peter in Chains”
  • Address: Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli 4/a, Roma, 00184

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moses (Michelangelo) and Arch of Constantine.

Work of art
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Moses is a sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance artist Michelangelo, housed in the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in . Commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb, it depicts the biblical figure Moses with horns on his head, based on a description in chapter 34 of Exodus in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible used at that time.

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The is a triumphal arch in dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in AD 312. is situated 500 metres southwest of San Pietro in Vincoli.

Archaeological site
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The was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city. is situated 330 metres southeast of San Pietro in Vincoli.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esquilino-San Giovanni and Colosseo.

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Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in . Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Locality
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The is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the to the northwest and the to the southeast, it is home to the and the .

San Pietro in Vincoli

Latitude
41.89386° or 41° 53′ 38″ north
Longitude
12.49316° or 12° 29′ 35″ east
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVFVV+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 201882369
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Geo­Names ID
8436243
Wiki­data ID
Q542070
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“San Pietro in Vincoli” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սան Պիետրո ին Վինկոլի”
  • Basque: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-П’етра-ін-Вінкалі”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-П’етра-ін-Вінколі”
  • Bulgarian: “Сан Пиетро ин Винколи”
  • Catalan: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Chinese: “圣伯多禄锁链堂”
  • Croatian: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Croatian: “Sveti Petar u okovima”
  • Czech: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Danish: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Dutch: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بازيليك القديس بطرس بالسلاسل”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko de Sankta Petro en Katenoj”
  • Finnish: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • French: “Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens”
  • Galician: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Georgian: “სან-პიეტრო-ინ-ვინკოლი”
  • German: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Greek: “Σαν Πιέτρο ιν Βίνκολι”
  • Hebrew: “סן פייטרו אין וינקולי”
  • Hungarian: “Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Hungarian: “San Pietro in Vincoli-bazilika”
  • Hungarian: “San Pietro in Vincoli-templom (Róma)”
  • Hungarian: “San Pietro in Vincoli-templom”
  • Hungarian: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Indonesian: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Italian: “basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Japanese: “サン･ピエトロ・イン・ヴィンコリ”
  • Japanese: “サン・ピエトロ・イン・ヴィンコリ教会”
  • Japanese: “サン・ピエトロ・イン・ヴィンコリ聖堂”
  • Korean: “산 피에트로 인 빈콜리 성당”
  • Korean: “쇠사슬의 성베드로 성당”
  • Latin: “Sanctus Petrus ad Vincula”
  • Lithuanian: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Петар во Окови”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Norwegian: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Persian: “سنت پیترو در وینکولی”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Piotra w Okowach”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de São Pedro Acorrentado”
  • Portuguese: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Russian: “Базилика Святого Петра в веригах”
  • Russian: “Сан-Пьетро-ин-Винколи”
  • Russian: “церковь Сан Пьетро ин Винколи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Slovak: “Bazilika svätého Petra v reťaziach na vrchu Oppio”
  • Slovenian: “Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika sv. Petra v vezeh, Rim”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika sv. Petra v vezeh”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika svetega Petra v vezeh”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Spanish: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Swedish: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Tagalog: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Tamil: “புனித பேதுரு சங்கிலிக் கோவில்”
  • Turkish: “basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Turkish: “San Pietro in Vincoli Bazilikası”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан П’єтро ін Вінколі”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан Пєтро ін Вінколі”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-П’єтро-ін-Вінколі”
  • Vietnamese: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Welsh: “San Pietro in Vincoli”
  • Western Frisian: “San Pietro in Vincoli”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Pietro in Vincoli”. Photo: Luciano Tronati, CC BY-SA 4.0.