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 They superseded the earlier built during the 4th century BC.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: “Gates of Rome”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porta Metronia and Caelian Hill.

City gate
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is a gate in the third-century Aurelian Walls of , Italy. The gate is located in the southern section of the wall between to the east and to the south.

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

University
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The , also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in . The university also hosts the central session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. 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. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Locality
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The , which is the centremost of the seven hills of Rome, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
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.

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”
  • Arabic: “الأسوار الأوريلية”
  • Armenian: “Ավրելիանոսի պատ”
  • Basque: “Aurelianoren Harresiak”
  • Belarusian: “Сцяна Аўрэліяна”
  • Bulgarian: “Стена на Аврелиан”
  • Catalan: “Muralla Aureliana”
  • Catalan: “Muralles Aurelianes”
  • Catalan: “Muralles d’Aurelià”
  • 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”
  • Dutch: “Muur van Aurelianus”
  • Dutch: “Stadsmuur van Aurelianus”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭrelia Murego”
  • Estonian: “Aurelianuse müür”
  • Finnish: “Aurelianuksen muuri”
  • French: “Enceinte aurélienne”
  • French: “Enceinte d’Aurelien”
  • French: “Mur d’Aurelien”
  • French: “mur d’Aurélien”
  • French: “Mur d’Aurélien”
  • French: “Muraille aurélienne”
  • French: “Muraille d’Aurelien”
  • Georgian: “ავრელიანეს კედელი”
  • German: “Aurelianische Mauer”
  • Greek: “Αυρηλιανά Τείχη”
  • Hebrew: “חומות אורליאנוס”
  • Hebrew: “חומת אורליאנוס”
  • Hungarian: “Aurelianus-féle fal”
  • Indonesian: “Tembok Aurelianus”
  • Italian: “Cinta aureliana”
  • Italian: “Cinta muraria aureliana”
  • Italian: “Mura aureliane”
  • Italian: “Mura Aureliane”
  • Italian: “mura di Aureliano”
  • Japanese: “アウレリアヌスの城壁”
  • Japanese: “アウレリアヌスの市壁”
  • Japanese: “アウレリアヌス城壁”
  • Korean: “아우렐리아누스 성벽”
  • Latin: “Moenia Aureliana”
  • Latin: “Muri Aureliani”
  • Latin: “Murus Aurelianus”
  • 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: “Аврелиевы стены”
  • Russian: “Стена Аврелиана”
  • Serbian: “Aurelijanov zid”
  • Serbian: “Аурелијанов зид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aurelijanove zidine”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mura aureliane”
  • Slovenian: “Avrelijanov zid”
  • Spanish: “Muralla aureliana”
  • Spanish: “Murallas aurelianas”
  • Swedish: “Aurelianska muren”
  • Swedish: “Aurelianska stadsmuren”
  • Swedish: “Aurelianusmuren”
  • Tagalog: “Mga Pader Aureliano”
  • Turkish: “Aurelianus Surları”
  • Ukrainian: “Авреліанів мур”
  • Ukrainian: “Авреліанова стіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Стіна Авреліана”
  • Urdu: “اوریلیان دیواریں”
  • Vietnamese: “Tường thành Aurelianus”
  • Welsh: “Mur Aurelian”
  • Welsh: “Mur Aurelianus”

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