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The Quirinal Hill,
one of the seven hills of Rome
In Latin / Italian Collis Quirinalis /
colle Quirinale
Rione Monti
Buildings Gardens of Sallust, Baths of Constantine, Torre delle Milizie, Trevi Fountain,
Palazzi Quirinal Palace, Palazzo Baracchini
Churches Sant'Andrea al Quirinale,
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
People Lucius Papirius Cursor
Ancient Roman religion Temple of Mars Ultor
Mythological figures Titus Tatius, Quirinus
Roman sculptures Horse Tamers
Schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and Servian wall
Schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and Servian wall
The Constitutional Court of Italy in Palazzo della Consulta, is among the Quirinal Hill government buildings in Rome.
The Constitutional Court of Italy in Palazzo della Consulta, is among the Quirinal Hill government buildings in Rome. The Seven Hills of Rome east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the ancient city Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The word rione (pl rioni) comes from the Latin regio (pl regiones, meaning region during the Middle Ages the Latin word Monti is the name of one of the twelve Rioni of Rome, rione I the name literally means mountains in Italian The Gardens of Sallust ( Latin: Horti Sallustiani) were Roman gardens developed by the Roman historian Sallust in the 1st century See Baths of Constantine for thermae of this name in other cities The Torre delle Milizie ("Tower of the Milices" is a tower in Rome, annexed to the Trajan's Market in the Imperial fora. The Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi is the largest — standing 25 For other meanings (eg the word's use in place names see Palazzo (disambiguation. The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Palazzo del Quirinale or simply the Quirinale) is the Official residence of the President The Quirinal Hill (Latin Collis Quirinalis) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the city center There are more than 900 Churches in Rome. Most but not all of these are Roman Catholic, with some notable Roman Catholic Marian churches. Sant'Andrea al Quirinale is the church of the Jesuit seminary on the Quirinal Hill in Rome. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (also called San Carlino) is a church in Rome, commissioned in 1634 designed by architect Francesco Borromini (1599-1667 Lucius Papirius Cursor, Roman general five times consul and twice dictator Ancient Roman religion encompasses the collection of Beliefs and Rituals practised in Ancient Rome in the form of Cult practices The Forum of Augustus is one of the Imperial forums of Rome built by Augustus. Roman mythology, or more appropriately Latin mythology, refers to the mythological beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its The traditions of Ancient Rome held that Titus Tatius (d 748 BC) was the Sabine king of Cures, who after the rape of the Sabine women In Roman mythology, Quirinus was an early god of the Roman state Roman sculpture refers to the Sculpture of Ancient Rome. Roman sculpture often involved copying of Ancient Greek sculpture. The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers", often identified as Castor and Pollux, have stood since Antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine The Palazzo della Consulta (built 1732-1735 is a late Baroque palace in central Rome, Italy, that now houses the Constitutional Court of the Italian Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

The Quirinal Hill (Latin, Collis Quirinalis) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the city center. The Seven Hills of Rome east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the ancient city It is the location of the official residence of the Italian Head of State, who resides in the Quirinal Palace. The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Palazzo del Quirinale or simply the Quirinale) is the Official residence of the President

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History

It was part of a group of hills that included Collis Latiaris, Mucialis (or Sanqualis), Salutaris. These are now lost due to building in the 16th century and later.

According to Roman legend, the Quirinal Hill was the site of a small village of the Sabines, and king Titus Tatius would have lived there after the peace between Romans and Sabines. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. The Sabines ( Latin Sabini, Singular Sabinus) were an Italic tribe that lived in ancient Italy, inhabiting The traditions of Ancient Rome held that Titus Tatius (d 748 BC) was the Sabine king of Cures, who after the rape of the Sabine women These Sabines had erected altars in the honour of their god Quirinus (naming the hill by this god). An altar is any structure upon which Sacrifices or other offerings are made for religious purposes or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always In Roman mythology, Quirinus was an early god of the Roman state

Tombs have been discovered from the 8th century B. C. to the 7th century B. C. that confirm a likely presence of a Sabine settlement area; on the hill there was the tomb of Quirinus, that Lucius Papirius Cursor transformed into a temple for his triumph after the third Samnite war. Lucius Papirius Cursor, Roman general five times consul and twice dictator A Roman triumph ( la [[wikttriumphus triumphus]], Old Latin la triumpus, attested as the exclamation la TRIVMPE in the Carmen Arvale; via Samnium ( Oscan: Safinim; Italian Sannio) is a historical region of the south central Apennines in Italy, that was home to the Some authors consider it possible that the cult of the Capitoline Triad (Jove, Minerva, Juno) could have been celebrated here well before it became associated with the Capitoline Hill. The Capitoline Triad was a group of three supreme deities in Roman religion who were worshipped in an elaborate temple on Rome 's Capitoline Hill, the In Roman mythology, Jupiter was the king of the gods and the god of Sky and Thunder. The MInisterial NEtwoRk for Valorising Activities in digitisation, or MINERVA, is a European Union organization concerned with the digitisation of cultural and Juno was the protector and special counselor of the Roman state The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. The sanctuary of Flora, an Osco-sabine goddess, was here too. In Roman mythology, Flora was a Goddess of flowers and the season of spring. The Osci, which may also be referred to by the names of Opici Opsci (for the fertility goddess Ops) and Obsci (Oscans or Opicans in English were historic inhabitants A goddess is a Female Deity. Many Cultures have goddesses Often deities are part of a polytheistic system that includes several deities

In 446 BC, a temple was dedicated on the Quirinal in the honour of Semo Sancus Dius Fidius, and it is possible that this temple was erected over the ruins of another temple. Events By place Greece Achaea achieves its independence from Athens, while Euboea, crucial to Athenian control of A temple (from the Latin word Templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities such as prayer and sacrifice or analogous rites Sancus is also a genus of the Tetragnathidae family of spiders Augustus, too, ordered the building of a temple, dedicated to Mars. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Mars was the Roman Warrior god, the son of Juno and Jupiter, husband of Bellona, and the lover of Venus. On a slope of the Quirinal were the extensive gardens of Sallust. The Gardens of Sallust ( Latin: Horti Sallustiani) were Roman gardens developed by the Roman historian Sallust in the 1st century

The Quirinal Hill is where Constantine ordered the erection of his baths, the last thermae complex of imperial Rome. Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February ca. 272 &ndash 22 May 337 commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine See Baths of Constantine for thermae of this name in other cities This page is on buildings used for Roman bathing For the activity in general see Ancient Roman bathing. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial These are now lost, having been incorporated into Renaissance Rome, with only some drawings from the 16th century remaining.

In the Middle Ages the Torre delle Milizie and the convent of St. The Torre delle Milizie ("Tower of the Milices" is a tower in Rome, annexed to the Trajan's Market in the Imperial fora. A convent is a community of Priests religious brothers religious sisters or Nuns or the building used by the community particularly in the Roman Catholic Church Peter and Domenic were built, and above Constantine's building was erected the Palazzo Rospigliosi; the two famous colossal marble statues of the "Horse Tamers", generally identified as the Dioscuri with horses, which now are in the Piazza Quirinale, were originally in this Palazzo. The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers", often identified as Castor and Pollux, have stood since Antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine For the stars see Castor (star and Pollux (star, for the sculptural group in the Prado Museum, see Castor and Pollux (Prado, and for They gave to the Quirinal its medieval name Monte Cavallo which lingered into the nineteenth century, when the Quirinale was transformed beyond all recognition by urbanization of an expanding capital of a united Italy. In the same palazzo were also the two statues of river gods that Michelangelo moved to the steps of Palazzo Senatorio on the Capitoline Hill. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime One of them by Giorgio Vasari, proposed that he was the pinnacle of all The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome.

According to the political division of the center of Rome, the Hill belongs to the rione Trevi. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The word rione (pl rioni) comes from the Latin regio (pl regiones, meaning region during the Middle Ages the Latin word Trevi is the rione II of Rome. The origin of its name is not clear yetbut the most accepted possibility is that it comes from the Latin trivium (meaning

Palazzo del Quirinale

A mid-18th century etching of the Palazzo del Quirinale by Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the colossal Roman "Horse Tamers" or Dioscuri are in the foreground, but the obelisk from the Mausoleum of Augustus (erected 1781 - 1786) has not yet been set up between them.
A mid-18th century etching of the Palazzo del Quirinale by Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the colossal Roman "Horse Tamers" or Dioscuri are in the foreground, but the obelisk from the Mausoleum of Augustus (erected 1781 - 1786) has not yet been set up between them. The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers", often identified as Castor and Pollux, have stood since Antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine For the stars see Castor (star and Pollux (star, for the sculptural group in the Prado Museum, see Castor and Pollux (Prado, and for An obelisk (from Greek ὀβελίσκος - obeliskos, diminutive of ὀβελός - obelos, "spit nail pointed pillar"
An etching of the Hill, crowned by the mass of the Palazzo del Quirinale, from a series 'I Sette Colli di Roma antica e moderna published in 1827 by Luigi Rossini (1790 - 1857): his view, from the roof of the palazzo near the Trevi Fountain that now houses the Accademia di San Luca, substituted an imaginary foreground garden for the repetitious roofscape.
An etching of the Hill, crowned by the mass of the Palazzo del Quirinale, from a series 'I Sette Colli di Roma antica e moderna published in 1827 by Luigi Rossini (1790 - 1857): his view, from the roof of the palazzo near the Trevi Fountain that now houses the Accademia di San Luca, substituted an imaginary foreground garden for the repetitious roofscape. The Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi is the largest — standing 25 The Accademia di San Luca, (the "Academy of Saint Luke" was an association of artists in Rome founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the

The Quirinal Hill is today identified with the Palazzo del Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic and one of the symbols of the State. The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Palazzo del Quirinale or simply the Quirinale) is the Official residence of the President This is the list of Presidents of the Italian Republic with the title it '''''Presidente della Repubblica''''' since 1948 Before the abolition of the Italian monarchy in 1946, it was the residence of the king of Italy, and before 1871 it was, as originally, the residence of the Pope.

The cool air of the Quirinal attracted aristocrats and papal families that built villas where the gardens of Sallust had been in antiquity. The Gardens of Sallust ( Latin: Horti Sallustiani) were Roman gardens developed by the Roman historian Sallust in the 1st century A visit to the villa of Cardinal Luigi d'Este in 1573 convinced Pope Gregory XIII to start the building of a summer residence the following year, in an area considered healthier than the Vatican Hill or Lateran: his architects were Flaminio Ponzio and Ottaviano Nonni, called Mascherino; under Pope Sixtus V works were continued by Domenico Fontana (the main facade on the Piazza) and Carlo Maderno, and by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Clement XII. "Este" redirects here For the city see Este Italy. For Tolkien's fictional character see Estë. Pope Gregory XIII (January 7 1502 &ndash April 10 1585 born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585 Vatican Hill (in Latin, Vaticanus Mons) is the name given long before the founding of Christianity, to one of the hills on the side of the Lateran and Laterano are the shared names of several architectural projects throughout Rome. Flaminio Ponzio (1560-1613 was an Italian Architect during the late-Renaissance or so-called Mannerist period serving in Rome as the architect for Ottaviano Nonni, called Il Mascherino ( 1536 - August 6, 1606) was an Italian architect sculptor and painter born in Bologna and Pope Sixtus V ( December 13, 1521 &ndash August 27, 1590) born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope from 1585 to 1590 Domenico Fontana (1543 &ndash June 28 1607) was a Swiss -born Italian Architect of the late Renaissance. Carlo Maderno ( 1556 - January 30 1629) was an Italian - Swiss Architect, born in Ticino, who is remembered as "Bernini" redirects here For people named Bernini see Bernini (surname. See Corsini for other uses of that name Pope Clement XII ( April 7, 1652 &ndash February 6, Gardens were conceived by Maderno. In the 18th century, Ferdinando Fuga built the long wing called the Manica Lunga, which stretched 360 meters along via del Quirinale. Ferdinando Fuga (1699&ndash 1781 was an Italian architect whose main works were realized in Rome and Naples. In front lies the sloping Piazza del Quirinale where the pair of gigantic Roman marble "Horse Tamers" representing Castor and Pollux, found in the Baths of Constantine, were re-erected in 1588. For the stars see Castor (star and Pollux (star, for the sculptural group in the Prado Museum, see Castor and Pollux (Prado, and for In Piranesi's view the vast open space is unpaved. The Palazzo del Quirinale was the residence of the popes until 1870, though Napoleon deported both Pius VI and Pius VII to France, and declared the Quirinale an imperial palace. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pope Pius VI (December 27 1717 &ndash August 29 1799 born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Pope from 1775 to 1799 was born at Cesena. Pope Pius VII, OSB (August 14 1740&mdashAugust 20 1823 born Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, was Pope from March 14 1800 to August When Rome was united to the Kingdom of Italy, the Quirinale became the residence of the kings until 1946. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Today the Palazzo hosts the offices and the apartments of the Head of State, and in its long side along via XX Settembre (the so-called Manica Lunga), the apartments that were furnished for each visit of foreign monarchs or dignitaries.

Several collections are in this Palazzo, including tapestries, paintings, statues, old carriages (carrozze), watches, furniture, andporcelain. Tapestry is a form of Textile art. It is woven by hand on a vertical Loom. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people usually horse-drawn Porcelain is a Ceramic material made by heating raw materials generally including Clay in the form of Kaolin, in a Kiln to temperatures

In Piranesi's view, the palazzo on the right hand is the Palazzo della Sacra Consulta, originally a villa built upon the ruins of the Baths of Constantine which was adapted by Sixtus V as a civil and criminal court. The present façade was built in 1732–1734 by the architect Ferdinando Fuga on the orders of Pope Clement XII Corsini, whose coat-of-arms, trumpeted by two Fames, still surmounts the roofline balustrade, as in Piranesi's view. See Corsini for other uses of that name Pope Clement XII ( April 7, 1652 &ndash February 6, Formerly it housed Mussolini's ministry of colonial affairs.

The Quirinal Palace (Palazzo Quirinale) on the Quirinal Hill, official home of the President of the Italian Republic.
The Quirinal Palace (Palazzo Quirinale) on the Quirinal Hill, official home of the President of the Italian Republic. The Quirinal Palace (known in Italian as the Palazzo del Quirinale or simply the Quirinale) is the Official residence of the President The President of the Italian Republic (Presidente della Repubblica Italiana is the Head of State of Italy, and as such is intended to represent national unity
The entrance to the Palazzo Quirinale today.
The entrance to the Palazzo Quirinale today.

Other monuments

The hill is the site of important monuments:

External links

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