Servian Wall

The Servian Wall is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC. The wall was built of volcanic tuff and was up to 10 m in height in places, 3.6 m wide at its base, 11 km long, and is believed to have had 16 main gates, of which only one or two have survived, and enclosed a total area of 246 hectares.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roma Termini railway station and Baths of Diocletian.

Railway station
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Roma Termini is the main railway station of , . It is named after the district of the same name, which in turn took its name from ancient , which lies across the street from the main entrance.

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The were public baths in ancient Rome. Named after emperor Diocletian and built from AD 298 to 306, they were the largest of the imperial baths. is situated 370 metres northwest of Servian Wall.

Church
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, also known as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major or the Basilica of Saint Mary the Great, is one of the four major papal basilicas and one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. is situated 540 metres southwest of Servian Wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Viminal Hill and Esquilino-San Giovanni.

Locality
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The is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the to the northwest and the to the southeast, it is home to the and the .

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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.

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The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in .

Servian Wall

Latitude
41.90178° or 41° 54′ 6″ north
Longitude
12.5017° or 12° 30′ 6″ east
Open location code
8FHJWG22+PM
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Servian Wall” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجدار السرفياني”
  • Basque: “Serviar Harresiak”
  • Bosnian: “Servijev zid”
  • Bosnian: “Servijski zid”
  • Bulgarian: “Стена на Сервий”
  • Catalan: “Muralla Serviana”
  • Chinese: “塞維安城牆”
  • Chinese: “塞维安城墙”
  • Czech: “Serviova hradba”
  • Danish: “Serviusmuren”
  • Dutch: “Muur van Servius Tullius”
  • Estonian: “Serviuse müür”
  • Finnish: “Serviuksen muuri”
  • French: “muraille républicaine”
  • French: “muraille Servienne”
  • French: “Muraille servienne”
  • French: “Muraille Servienne”
  • Georgian: “სერვიანის კედელი”
  • German: “Servianische Mauer”
  • Greek: “Σέρβια Τείχη”
  • Hebrew: “חומת סרוויוס”
  • Hungarian: “Servius-féle fal”
  • Italian: “aggere serviano”
  • Italian: “mura repubblicane”
  • Italian: “mura serviane”
  • Italian: “Mura serviane”
  • Italian: “Mura Serviane”
  • Japanese: “セルウィウスの城壁”
  • Japanese: “セルウィウス城壁”
  • Korean: “세르비아누스 성벽”
  • Latin: “Muri Serviani”
  • Latin: “Murus Servii Tullii”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Serviusmuren”
  • Norwegian: “Serviusmuren”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Muralha serviana”
  • Polish: “Mury serwiańskie”
  • Portuguese: “Muralha Serviana”
  • Russian: “Сервиева стена”
  • Serbian: “Сервијев зид”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Servijev zid”
  • Slovenian: “Servijev zid”
  • Spanish: “Murallas servianas”
  • Swedish: “Serviusmuren”
  • Tagalog: “Pader Serviano”
  • Turkish: “Servius Surları”
  • Ukrainian: “Сервієва стіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Сервіїв мур”
  • Urdu: “سرویوسی دیوار”
  • Vietnamese: “Tường thành Servius”

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