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Encyclopedia > Gianicolo

Janiculum (Gianicolo in Italian) is a hill in western Rome.


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B&B Gianicolo Home - Rome, Italy (472 words)
• T he Gianicolo is five minutes from Trastevere and ten from St.Peters; the area is surrounded by the green villa Pamphili, one of the biggest parks in Rome.
Very close to Trastevere, the Gianicolo's Home Bed and breakfast is the ideal place for a relaxing and exclusive stay.
The B&B is in the center of Rome, at the Gianicolo, on the second floor of a building of the 1930's, with elevator.
The Janiculum Quarter - Monteverde Vecchio (1277 words)
According to 18th century diarist De Brosses, a French admirer of all things Italian, it was sufficient in itself to justify the journey to Italy.
The Gianicolo being “Garibaldi's hill” – it was he who led the fierce battle against the French sent to restore Papal rule in 1849 – an imposing equestrian statue of the bearded freedom fighter looms over the pine-tree lined gardens.
The leafy urban quarter at the shoulders of the Gianicolo, aptly named Monteverde Vecchio (or "Old Green Hill"), is universally acknowledged as one of the most desirable to live in the Eternal City.
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