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Vatican Hill

Vatican Hill is a hill in , located on the right bank of Tiber river, opposite to the traditional seven hills of Rome. The hill also gave the name to . It is the location of .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 75 metres
  • Description: hill in Rome that is the location of St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Also known as: “Mons Vaticanus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Peter’s Basilica and Sistine Chapel.

Church
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in , an independent microstate enclaved within the city of , Italy.

Church
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The is a chapel in the , the pope's official residence in . Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481.

Museum
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The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the . They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the best-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.

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City is the world's smallest country both by area and by population, and is the centre of Catholicism. This tiny country completely within is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world, and indeed many countries.

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of . While the oldest section of Rome is at the , and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.

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The North of is comprised of Municipi III, XI-XV.

Vatican Hill

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
node 5301393723
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12070652
Wiki­data ID
Q1053000
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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: “Mons Vaticanus”
  • Bengali: “ভ্যাটিকান পাহাড়”
  • Catalan: “turó Vaticà”
  • Catalan: “Turó Vaticà”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂冈山”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂岡山”
  • Croatian: “Vatikanski brijeg”
  • Czech: “Mons Vaticanus”
  • Czech: “Vatikánský pahorek”
  • Danish: “Vatikanhøjen”
  • Dutch: “Vaticaanse Heuvel”
  • Esperanto: “Vatikana Monteto”
  • Esperanto: “Vatikano”
  • Finnish: “Vaticanus-kukkula”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaani-kukkula”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaani”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaanin kukkula”
  • French: “colline du Vatican”
  • French: “Colline du Vatican”
  • French: “Vatican”
  • Galician: “Monte do Vaticano”
  • Galician: “Monte Vaticano”
  • Galician: “Outeiro do Vaticano”
  • Galician: “Outeiro Vaticano”
  • German: “Liste der Berge oder Erhebungen in Vatikanstadt”
  • German: “Vatikanischer Hügel”
  • Greek: “Λόφος Βατικανού”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת הוותיקן”
  • Indonesian: “Bukit Vatikan”
  • Irish: “Cnoc na Vatacáine”
  • Italian: “colle Vaticano”
  • Italian: “Colle Vaticano”
  • Italian: “Vaticano”
  • Japanese: “バチカンの丘”
  • Korean: “바티카누스 언덕”
  • 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: “Watykan”
  • Polish: “Wzgórze Watykańskie”
  • Portuguese: “Colina do Vaticano”
  • Romanian: “colina Vatican”
  • Russian: “Ватиканский холм”
  • Russian: “Холм Ватикан”
  • Serbian: “Ватиканско брдо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Colle Vaticano”
  • Slovenian: “Vatikanski grič”
  • Spanish: “colina del Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “Colina Vaticana”
  • Spanish: “monte Vaticano”
  • Swedish: “Vatikanen”
  • Tagalog: “Burol Vaticano”
  • Ukrainian: “Ватиканський пагорб”
  • Urdu: “ویٹیکن پہاڑی”
  • Vietnamese: “Đồi Vatican”
  • Western Frisian: “Fatikaanske Heuvel”

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