Biblioteca Beato Pio IX
Biblioteca Beato Pio IX is a library in Municipio Roma I, Rome, Lazio. Biblioteca Beato Pio IX is situated nearby to Pontifical Lateran University, as well as near the post office Pontificia Università Lateranense.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coliseum and Lateran Obelisk.
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 Biblioteca Beato Pio IX.
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 180 metres northeast of Biblioteca Beato Pio IX.
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".
Biblioteca Beato Pio IX
- Type: Library
- Also known as: “Biblioteca Pia”
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88555° or 41° 53′ 8″ northLongitude
12.50356° or 12° 30′ 13″ eastOperator
Pontificia Università LateranenseOpen location code
8FHJVGP3+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 620092375OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
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