Hortus Urbis
Hortus Urbis is a garden in Municipio Roma VIII, Rome, Lazio. Hortus Urbis is situated nearby to the library Biblioteca Fabrizio Giucca, as well as near the public building Direzione Parco Regionale dell’Appia Antica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Church of Domine Quo Vadis and Tomb of Geta.
The Church of Domine Quo Vadis
Church
Santa Maria in Palmis, also known as Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis, is a small church southeast of Rome. It is located about some 800 m from Porta San Sebastiano, where the Via Ardeatina branches off the Appian Way, on the site where, according to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, Saint Peter met the risen Christ while Peter was fleeing persecution in Rome. The Church of Domine Quo Vadis is situated 270 metres southeast of Hortus Urbis.
Tomb of Geta
Archaeological site
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Tomb of Geta is an archaeological site, which is situated 180 metres east of Hortus Urbis.
Porta San Sebastiano
City gate
The Porta San Sebastiano is the largest and one of the best-preserved gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. Originally known as the Porta Appia due to its location at the beginning of the Appian Way, the gate served as a key southern entrance to the city since antiquity. Porta San Sebastiano is situated 670 metres north of Hortus Urbis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garbatella and South Rome.
Garbatella
Quarter
Photo: Torvindus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII of Rome comune, Italy, in the Ostiense quarter of Rome. Its population counts nearly 45,000.
South Rome
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The South of Rome includes the historic Appian Way and nearby catacombs, as well as important tourist attractions in EUR, and San Paolo.
Aventino-Testaccio
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Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of Rome. Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.
Hortus Urbis
- Type: Garden
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Municipio Roma VIII, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.86754° or 41° 52′ 3″ northLongitude
12.50075° or 12° 30′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVG92+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 201767861OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=community_food_growingOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=garden
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Biblioteca Fabrizio Giucca and Direzione Parco Regionale dell’Appia Antica.
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