Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran
Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran is a police station in Municipio Roma I, Rome, Lazio. Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran is situated nearby to the church Lateran Baptistery, as well as near the library Biblioteca Beato Pio IX.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lateran Obelisk and Coliseum.
Lateran Obelisk
Obelisk
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The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing ancient Egyptian obelisk in the world, and it is also the tallest obelisk in Italy. It originally weighed 413 tonnes, but after collapsing and being re-erected 4 metres shorter, now weighs around 300 tonnes. Lateran Obelisk is situated 120 metres northeast of Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran.
Coliseum
Theater building
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world. Coliseum is situated 1 km northwest of Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran.
Lateran Baptistery
Church
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
The Lateran Baptistery stands apart from the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, to which it has become joined by later construction. This baptistery was founded by Pope Sixtus III in 440, perhaps on an earlier structure, for a legend grew up that Constantine the Great had been baptized there and enriched the structure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colosseo and Esquilino-San Giovanni.
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.
Esquilino-San Giovanni
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in Rome. 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.
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".
Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran
- Type: Police station
- Category: building
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88606° or 41° 53′ 10″ northLongitude
12.50388° or 12° 30′ 14″ eastOperator
Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del VaticanoOpen location code
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In Other Languages
From German to Italian—“Vatican Gendarme Corps at Saint John Lateran” goes by many names.
- German: “Vatikanische Gendarmerie bei Sankt Johann im Lateran”
- Italian: “Gendarmeria vaticana presso San Giovanni in Laterano”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Biblioteca Beato Pio IX and Pontifical Lateran University.
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