Gregorian Tower

The Gregorian Tower or Tower of the Winds is a square tower and early modern located above the Gallery of Maps, which connects the Villa Belvedere with the in .
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  • Tower
  • …lies at an elevation of 40 metres (131 feet)
  • Description: tower in Vatican City
  • Also known as
    “Torre dei Venti”
    “Tower of the Winds”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vatican Library and Vatican museum.
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The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known…
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The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the . is situated 170 metres northwest of Gregorian Tower.
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. is situated 340 metres south of Gregorian Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and North Rome.
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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of .
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The North of is comprised of Municipi III, XI-XV.
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The Capitolium or , between the … is situated 2½ km southeast of Gregorian Tower.

Gregorian Tower

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Latitude
41.90516° or 41° 54′ 19″ north
Longitude
12.4542° or 12° 27′ 15″ east
Open location code
8FHJWF43+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 176719116
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Geo­Names ID
12214144
Wiki­data ID
Q2460920

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Gregorian Tower” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Gregorian Tower”
  • Esperanto: “Turo de la ventoj”
  • French: “tour des vents”
  • French: “Tour des vents”
  • German: “Torre dei Venti”
  • German: “Torre gregoriana”
  • German: “Turm der Winde”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Gregorian”
  • Italian: “Torre dei Venti (Roma)”
  • Italian: “Torre dei Venti”
  • Italian: “Torre gregoriana”
  • Italian: “Torre Gregoriana”
  • Japanese: “トッレ・グレゴリアーナ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vindenes tårn”
  • Norwegian: “Vindenes tårn”
  • Persian: “برج گریگورین”
  • Russian: “Григорианская башня”
  • Spanish: “Torre de los Vientos”
  • Spanish: “Torre Gregoriana”
  • Turkish: “Gregoriana Kulesi”
  • Turkish: “Torre Gregoriana”
  • Ukrainian: “Григоріанська вежа”

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