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 Pontifical Lateran University and Lateran Baptistery.

Pontifical Lateran University

University

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The Pontifical Lateran University, also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome. The university also hosts the central session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family.

Lateran Baptistery

Church

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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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colosseo and Esquilino-San Giovanni.

Colosseo

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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

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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

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The Palatine Hill, which is the centremost of the seven hills of Rome, 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″ north

Longitude

12.50388° or 12° 30′ 14″ east

Operator

Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano

Open location code

8FHJVGP3+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 204434550

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=police

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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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 Museo del Tesoro Lateranense.

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