San Giorgio in Velabro
San Giorgio in Velabro is a Catholic church dedicated to St. George on Via del Velabro in the historic center of Rome in the Velabrum and the Ripa district.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Rome
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arch of Janus and Temple of Portunus.
Arch of Janus
Photo: MM, Public domain.
The Arch of Janus is the only quadrifrons triumphal arch preserved in Rome. It was set up in the early 4th century AD at a crossroads at the northeastern limit of the Forum Boarium, close to the Velabrum, over the Cloaca Maxima drain that went from the Forum to the River Tiber.
Temple of Portunus
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Temple of Portunus is a small ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy, on the modern Piazza della Bocca della Verità. It was built beside the ancient Forum Boarium, the Roman cattle market associated with Hercules, which was adjacent to Rome's oldest river port and the oldest stone bridge across the Tiber River, the Pons Aemilius. Temple of Portunus is situated 190 metres west of San Giorgio in Velabro.
Forum Boarium
Park
Photo: Torquatus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Forum Boarium was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine hills. Forum Boarium is situated 210 metres southwest of San Giorgio in Velabro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palatine Hill and Capitoline Hill.
Palatine Hill
Locality
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Capitoline Hill
Locality
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
San Giorgio in Velabro
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88962° or 41° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
12.48317° or 12° 28′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVFQM+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 123971348OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q517374
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“San Giorgio in Velabro” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սան Ջորջիո ին Վելաբրո”
- Bulgarian: “Сан Джорджо ин Велабро”
- Chinese: “维拉布洛圣乔治圣殿”
- Dutch: “San Giorgio in Velabro”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سان جورجيو فى فيلابرو”
- French: “église San Giorgio in Velabro”
- French: “Église San Giorgio in Velabro”
- German: “San Giorgio in Velabro”
- Greek: “Σαν Τζόρτζιο ιν Βελάμπρο”
- Hungarian: “San Giorgio in Velabro-templom”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Giorgio in Velabro”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Giorgio in Velabro”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョルジョ・イン・ヴェラブロ”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョルジョ・イン・ヴェラブロ教会”
- Macedonian: “Црква Сан Григорио ин Велабро”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Jerzego na Velabrum”
- Portuguese: “San Giorgio al Velabro”
- Portuguese: “San Giorgio in Velabro”
- Russian: “Сан-Джорджио-ин-Велабро”
- Russian: “Сан-Джорджо-ин-Велабро”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Jorge en Velabro”
- Swedish: “San Giorgio in Velabro”
- Tagalog: “San Giorgio in Velabro”
- Turkish: “Chiesa di San Giorgio in Velabro”
- Turkish: “San Giorgio in Velabro Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Сан Джорджіо ін Велабро”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Джорджіо-ін-Велабро”
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