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.
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  • Type: College
  • Description: university in Italy
  • Also known as: “P.I.O.”, “Pontifical Oriental Institute”, “Pontificio istituto orientale”, and “Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum”
  • Address: Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore 7, Roma, 00185

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Church
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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.

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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
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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.

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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.

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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 and the .

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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
8FHJVGW2+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q176473
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Pontifical Oriental Institut” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الكلية المشرقية البابوية”
  • Arabic: “المعهد المشرقي البابوي”
  • Armenian: “Պապական Արևելյան ինստիտուտ”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Pontifize-Institutua”
  • Belarusian: “Папскі ўсходні інстытут”
  • Bulgarian: “Папски източен институт”
  • Catalan: “Institut Pontifici Oriental”
  • Catalan: “Pontificio istituto orientale”
  • Catalan: “Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum”
  • Chinese: “宗座东方学院”
  • Chinese: “宗座東方學院”
  • Chinese: “宗座東方神學研究所”
  • Croatian: “Papinski orijentalni institut”
  • Czech: “Orientální institut v Římě”
  • Czech: “Papežský východní institut”
  • Czech: “Pontificio istituto orientale”
  • Danish: “Det Pavelige Orientalske Institut”
  • Danish: “Pavelige Orientalske Institut”
  • Danish: “Pontifikatets orientalske institut”
  • Dutch: “Pontifical Oriental Institute”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المعهد المشرقى البابوى”
  • Esperanto: “P.I.O.”
  • Esperanto: “Pontificio istituto orientale”
  • Esperanto: “Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum”
  • Esperanto: “Pontifika Orienta Instituto”
  • French: “Institut pontifical oriental”
  • French: “IPO”
  • Galician: “Pontificio Instituto Oriental”
  • Georgian: “Pontifical Oriental Institute”
  • Georgian: “რომის აღმოსავლეთის პონტიფიკალური ინსტიტუტი”
  • German: “P.I.O.”
  • German: “Päpstliches Orientalisches Institut”
  • German: “Pontificio istituto orientale”
  • German: “Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum”
  • 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”
  • Romanian: “P.I.O.”
  • Romanian: “Pontificio istituto orientale”
  • Romanian: “Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum”
  • Russian: “Папский восточный институт”
  • Serbian: “Понтификални оријентални институт”
  • Slovak: “Pápežský východný inštitút”
  • Slovak: “Pontifical Oriental Institute”
  • Slovenian: “Papeški orientalski 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”

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