Aurelian Walls

The Aurelian Walls are a line of city walls built between AD 271 and AD 275 in , Italy, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Aurelian. They superseded the earlier built during the 4th century BC.
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  • Type: City walls
  • Description: historic line of walls built around the city of Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “Aurelianska muren”, “Aurelianska stadsmuren”, “Cinta aureliana”, “Cinta muraria aureliana”, “Enceinte aurélienne”, “Enceinte d’Aurelien”, “Gates of Rome”, “Moenia Aureliana”, “Mur Aurelian”, “Mur d’Aurelien”, “mura di Aureliano”, “Muraille aurélienne”, “Muraille d’Aurelien”, “Muralla aureliana”, “Muralles Aurelianes”, “Muralles d’Aurelià”, “Murus Aurelianus”, “Muur van Aurelianus”, “Stadsmuur van Aurelianus”, “Аврелиевы стены”, “Авреліанова стіна”, “חומות אורליאנוס”, “الأسوار الأوريلية”, “アウレリアヌスの城壁”, and “アウレリアヌスの市壁”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Porta Metronia and Caelian Hill.

City gate
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is a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of , Italy.

Peak
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The is one of the famous seven hills of Rome.

University
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The , also known… is situated 510 metres northeast of Aurelian Walls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colosseo and Palatine Hill.

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire.

Locality
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The , which is the centremost of the…

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Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in .

Aurelian Walls

Latitude
41.88238° or 41° 52′ 57″ north
Longitude
12.49915° or 12° 29′ 57″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVFJX+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1446578234
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­city_wall
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­citywalls
Geo­Names ID
11856570
Wiki­data ID
Q625149
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Aurelian Walls” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أسوار أوريليان”
  • Arabic: “الأسوار الأوريليانية”
  • Armenian: “Ավրելիանոսի պատ”
  • Basque: “Aurelianoren Harresiak”
  • Belarusian: “Сцяна Аўрэліяна”
  • Bulgarian: “Стена на Аврелиан”
  • Catalan: “Muralla Aureliana”
  • Chinese: “奥勒良城墙”
  • Chinese: “奧勒良城牆”
  • Croatian: “Aurelijanove zidine”
  • Croatian: “Aurelijeve zidine”
  • Czech: “Aurelianova hradba”
  • Danish: “Den Aurelianske Mur”
  • Dutch: “Aureliaanse Muur”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭrelia Murego”
  • Estonian: “Aurelianuse müür”
  • Finnish: “Aurelianuksen muuri”
  • French: “mur d’Aurélien”
  • French: “Mur d’Aurélien”
  • Georgian: “ავრელიანეს კედელი”
  • German: “Aurelianische Mauer”
  • Greek: “Αυρηλιανά Τείχη”
  • Hebrew: “חומת אורליאנוס”
  • Hungarian: “Aurelianus-féle fal”
  • Indonesian: “Tembok Aurelianus”
  • Italian: “Mura aureliane”
  • Italian: “Mura Aureliane”
  • Japanese: “アウレリアヌス城壁”
  • Korean: “아우렐리아누스 성벽”
  • Latin: “Muri Aureliani”
  • Latvian: “Aurēlija siena”
  • Macedonian: “Аврелиев ѕид”
  • Malay: “Tembok Aurelianus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den aurelianske mur”
  • Norwegian: “Den aurelianske mur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Muralha aureliana”
  • Persian: “دیوارهای اولیان”
  • Polish: “Mur Aureliana”
  • Portuguese: “Muralha Aureliana”
  • Russian: “Стена Аврелиана”
  • Serbian: “Aurelijanov zid”
  • Serbian: “Аурелијанов зид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aurelijanove zidine”
  • Slovenian: “Avrelijanov zid”
  • Spanish: “Murallas aurelianas”
  • Swedish: “Aurelianusmuren”
  • Tagalog: “Mga Pader Aureliano”
  • Turkish: “Aurelianus Surları”
  • Ukrainian: “Авреліанів мур”
  • Ukrainian: “Стіна Авреліана”
  • Urdu: “اوریلیان دیواریں”
  • Vietnamese: “Tường thành Aurelianus”
  • Welsh: “Mur Aurelianus”

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