Vatican Hill
Vatican Hill is a hill in Rome, located on the right bank of Tiber river, opposite to the traditional seven hills of Rome. The hill also gave the name to Vatican City. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica.
Photo: Raphael, Public domain.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 75 metres
- Description: hill in Rome that is the location of St. Peter’s Basilica
- Also known as: “colina del Vaticano”, “Liste der Berge oder Erhebungen in Vatikanstadt”, “Monte do Vaticano”, “monte Vaticano”, “Monte Vaticano”, “Outeiro do Vaticano”, “Vaticano”, “Vaticanus-kukkula”, “Vatikaani”, “Vatikaani-kukkula”, “Vatikano”, “Watykan”, “Холм Ватикан”, and “바티카누스 언덕”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Peter’s Basilica and Sistine Chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.
Vatican Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Municipio Roma XIV, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.90278° or 41° 54′ 10″ north
Longitude
12.4499° or 12° 26′ 60″ east
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWC3X+4X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Vatican Hill” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تلة الفاتيكان”
- Arabic: “هضبة الفاتيكان”
- Armenian: “Վատիկանյան բլուր”
- Asturian: “Oteru Vaticanu”
- Basque: “Vatikanoko muinoa”
- Belarusian: “Ватыканскі ўзгорак”
- Bengali: “ভ্যাটিকান পাহাড়”
- Catalan: “turó Vaticà”
- Catalan: “Turó Vaticà”
- Chinese: “梵蒂冈山”
- Chinese: “梵蒂岡山”
- Croatian: “Vatikanski brijeg”
- Czech: “Vatikánský pahorek”
- Danish: “Vatikanhøjen”
- Dutch: “Vaticaanse Heuvel”
- Esperanto: “Vatikana Monteto”
- Finnish: “Vatikaanin kukkula”
- French: “colline du Vatican”
- French: “Colline du Vatican”
- French: “Vatican”
- Galician: “Outeiro Vaticano”
- German: “Vatikanischer Hügel”
- Greek: “Λόφος του Βατικανού”
- Hebrew: “גבעת הוותיקן”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Vatikan”
- Irish: “Cnoc na Vatacáine”
- Italian: “colle Vaticano”
- Italian: “Colle Vaticano”
- Japanese: “バチカンの丘”
- Korean: “바티칸 언덕”
- Latin: “mons Vaticanus”
- Latin: “Mons Vaticanus”
- Ligurian: “Vatican”
- Macedonian: “Ватикански Рид”
- Malay: “Bukit Vatican”
- Moroccan Arabic: “لهضبة د لڤاتيكان”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatikanhøyden”
- Norwegian: “Vatikanhøyden”
- Polish: “Wzgórze Watykańskie”
- Portuguese: “Colina do Vaticano”
- Romanian: “colina Vatican”
- Russian: “Ватиканский холм”
- Serbian: “Ватиканско брдо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Colle Vaticano”
- Slovenian: “Vatikanski grič”
- Spanish: “Colina Vaticana”
- Swedish: “Vatikanen”
- Tagalog: “Burol Vaticano”
- Ukrainian: “Ватиканський пагорб”
- Urdu: “ویٹیکن پہاڑی”
- Vietnamese: “Đồi Vatican”
- Western Frisian: “Fatikaanske Heuvel”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Piazza dei Protomartiri Romani and Prati.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pontifical Ethiopian College and French Garden.
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Worth a closer look: North Centre and Old Rome.
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