San Giovanni
San Giovanni is a neighborhood in Municipio Roma VII, Rome, Lazio. San Giovanni is situated nearby to the neighborhood San Lorenzo, as well as near the locality Palatine Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mercato Magna Grecia – Metronio and Lateran Obelisk.
Lateran Obelisk
Obelisk
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Porta San Giovanni
City gate
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porta San Giovanni is a gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, Italy, named after the nearby Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran.
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.
San Lorenzo
Neighborhood
San Lorenzo is an urban zone in Rome, Italy. Administratively it was part of both Municipio II and Quarter VI Tiburtino. It occupies roughly the two sides of the early stretch of Via Tiburtina, starting from Termini railway station and ending at the Verano area.
San Giovanni
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Municipio Roma VII, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88217° or 41° 52′ 56″ northLongitude
12.50773° or 12° 30′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVGJ5+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 365208291OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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