Pontifical Oriental Institut

The Pontifical Oriental Institute, also known as the Orientale, is a institution of higher education located in and focusing on Eastern Christianity.
  • Type: College
  • Description: university in Italy
  • Also known as: “Det Pavelige Orientalske Institut”, “IPO”, “Orientální institut v Římě”, “P.I.O.”, “Pontifical Oriental Institute”, “Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum”, “Pontifikatets orientalske institut”, “الكلية المشرقية البابوية”, “宗座东方学院”, and “宗座東方神學研究所”
  • Address: Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore 7, Roma, 00185

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Santa Maria Maggiore and Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology.

Church
The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary the Great, also informally known as the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, is a Roman Catholic Papal Basilica and one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. is situated 150 metres west of Pontifical Oriental Institut.

College
Photo: Ruthven, CC0.
The is an institute for the study of Christian archaeology, based in Rome. It offers a postgraduate course in Christian archaeology, which includes topography, the history of Christian archaeology, iconography, hagiography, epigraphy, architecture and other topics.

Church
The Basilica of Saint Praxedes, commonly known in Italian as , is an early medieval titular church and minor basilica located near the papal basilica of Saint Mary Major, on Via di , in , . is situated 180 metres southwest of Pontifical Oriental Institut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esquilino-San Giovanni and Viminal Hill.

Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in . 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.

Locality
The is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the to the northwest and the to the southeast, it is home to the Teatro dell'Opera and the .

The of , home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.

Pontifical Oriental Institut

Latitude
41.89732° or 41° 53′ 50″ north
Longitude
12.50025° or 12° 30′ 1″ east
Levels
4
Open location code
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Pontifical Oriental Institut” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المعهد المشرقي البابوي”
  • Armenian: “Պապական Արևելյան ինստիտուտ”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Pontifize-Institutua”
  • Belarusian: “Папскі ўсходні інстытут”
  • Bulgarian: “Папски източен институт”
  • Catalan: “Institut Pontifici Oriental”
  • Chinese: “宗座東方學院”
  • Croatian: “Papinski orijentalni institut”
  • Czech: “Papežský východní institut”
  • Danish: “Pavelige Orientalske Institut”
  • Dutch: “Pontifical Oriental Institute”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المعهد المشرقى البابوى”
  • Esperanto: “Pontifika Orienta Instituto”
  • French: “Institut pontifical oriental”
  • Galician: “Pontificio Instituto Oriental”
  • Georgian: “Pontifical Oriental Institute”
  • Georgian: “რომის აღმოსავლეთის პონტიფიკალური ინსტიტუტი”
  • German: “Päpstliches Orientalisches Institut”
  • Greek: “Ποντιφικό Ανατολικό Ινστιτούτο”
  • Hungarian: “Pápai Keleti Intézet”
  • Indonesian: “Institut Oriental Kepausan”
  • Italian: “Pontificio istituto orientale”
  • Italian: “Pontificio Istituto Orientale”
  • Korean: “교황청 동방 연구원”
  • Malayalam: “പൊന്തിഫിക്കൽ ഓറിയന്റൽ ഇൻസ്റ്റിട്യൂട്ട്”
  • North Levantine Arabic: “المعهد المشرقي البابوي”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det pavelige orientalske institutt”
  • Norwegian: “Det pavelige orientalske institutt”
  • Persian: “مؤسسه پاپی شرقی”
  • Polish: “Papieski Instytut Wschodni”
  • Portuguese: “Pontifício Instituto Oriental”
  • Romanian: “Institutul Pontifical Oriental”
  • Russian: “Папский восточный институт”
  • Serbian: “Понтификални оријентални институт”
  • Slovak: “Pápežský východný inštitút”
  • Slovak: “Pontifical Oriental Institute”
  • Slovenian: “Papeški orientalski inštitut”
  • Slovenian: “Papeški vzhodni inštitut”
  • Spanish: “Pontificio Instituto Oriental”
  • Swedish: “Påvliga orientaliska institutet”
  • Tatar: “Папа көнчыгыш инеститүте”
  • Turkish: “Pontifical Oriental Institute”
  • Ukrainian: “Папський східний інститут”
  • Urdu: “پونٹیفیکل اورینٹل انسٹی ٹیوٹ”
  • Venetian: “Pontificio istituto orientale”
  • “Pontifical Oriental Institute”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sant’Antonio Abate all’Esquilino and Pontifical Lombard Seminary.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Banco BPM and Carlo Alberto.

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