Janiculum (Gianicolo in Italian) is a hill in western Rome. Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ...

The Janiculum Hill seen from NE. At lower left, the church of San Pietro in Montorio. At lower center, the Academia de España. At middle right, the Acqua Paola. At top center, the roof of the American Academy.

Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome

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While the second tallest hill (after Monte Mario), in the contemporary city of Rome, the Janiculum does not figure among the proverbial Seven Hills of Rome, being west of the Tiber and outside the boundaries of the ancient city. The Janiculum was a center for the cult of the god Janus, and the fact that it overlooked the city made it a good place for augurs to observe the auspices. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 117 KB)The Janiculum Hill seen from NE. At lower left, the church of San Pietro in Montorio. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 117 KB)The Janiculum Hill seen from NE. At lower left, the church of San Pietro in Montorio. ... Donato Bramante - Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome. ... Donato Bramante - Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Monte Mario is the highest (139 m) hill of Rome. ... The Seven Hills of Rome east of the Tiber form the heart of Rome. ... Tiber River in Rome The Tiber (Italian Tevere, Latin Tiberis), the third-longest river in Italy at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that cross the suburbs... It has been suggested that Janus in popular culture be merged into this article or section. ... The Augur was a priest or official in ancient Rome. ... An auspice (Latin: auspicium[1]) is a type of omen. ...

The Janiculum is one of the best locations in Rome for a breathtaking view of the innumerable domes and bell towers that pierce the skyline of the multi-hued architectural museum. Other sights on the Janiculum include the church of San Pietro in Montorio, built upon the site formerly thought to be where St Peter was crucified; here, the Tempietto, a small shrine built by Donato Bramante marks the supposed site of Peter's death. The Janiculum also houses a baroque fountain built by Pope Paul V in the late-seventeenth century, the Acqua Paola, and several foreign research institutions, including the American Academy in Rome and the Academia de España. St Peters Basilica, Rome A dome is a common structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. ... A tower containing one or more bells, typically part of a church is a bell tower; attached to a city hall or other civil building, it is usually named belfry; the occasional free standing one may be referred to by its Italian name, campanile. ... 200pxTempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502: the High Renaissance began here. ... Saint Peter, also known as Simon ben Jonah/BarJonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Kepha — original name Simon or Simeon (Acts 15:14) — was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose from among his original disciples. ... Crucifixion of St. ... Eastern Orthodox shrine Buddhist shrine just outside Wat Phnom. ... Donato Bramante Donato Bramante (1444 - March 11, 1514), Italian architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his most famous design was St. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... The worlds highest fountain: King Fahds Fountain in Jeddah Three traditional fountain features: a low jet, a pair of raised basins, and sculpture with a water theme, here hippocamps (Villa Borghese, Rome) A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons), fills a... Paul V, né Camillo Borghese (Rome, September 17, 1552 – January 28, 1621) was Pope from May 16, 1605 until his death. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... The idea for the Acqua Paola began in 1605 when Camillo Borghese became Pope Paul V. At that time, the Roman suburbs west of the Tiber River, including the Vatican, were suffering from chronic water shortage. ... The American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill) in Rome. ...

The Janiculum is the site of a battle in 1849 between the forces of Garibaldi and French forces fighting on behalf of the Pope, who sought to restore the dominion of Papal States over Rome. Because of this battle, several monuments to Garibaldi and to the fallen in the wars of Italian independence are on the Janiculum as well. Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Garibaldi in 1866 Garibaldi redirects here. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. ...

Daily at noon, a cannon fires once from the Janiculum in the direction of the Tiber to signal the exact time. This tradition goes back to December 1847 when the cannon of the Castel Sant'Angelo gave the sign to the surrounding belltowers to start ringing at midday. In 1904, the ritual was transferred to the Janiculum and continued until 1939. On 21 April 1959, popular appeal convinced the Commune of Rome to resume the tradition after a twenty-year interruption. Tiber River in Rome The Tiber (Italian Tevere, Latin Tiberis), the third-longest river in Italy at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that cross the suburbs... Castel SantAngelo from the bridge. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The hill features in one of Respighi's Pini di Roma. Ottorino Respighi (Bologna, July 9, 1879 - Rome, April 18, 1936) was an Italian composer, musicologist and violinist. ... Pini di Roma (Italian “Pines of Rome”) is a 1924 work by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, and is considered one of the masterpieces of the Roman Trilogy of symphonic poems along with Feste Romane and Fontane di Roma. ...

In Roman mythology, Janiculum is the name of an ancient town founded by the god Janus (the two-faced god of beginnings). In Book VIII of the Aeneid by Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), King Evander shows Aeneas (the Trojan hero of this epic poem) the ruins of Saturnia and Janiculum on the Capitoline hill near the Arcadian city of Pallanteum (the future site of Rome) (see line 473, Bk. 8). Vergil uses the presence of these ruins to stress the significance of the Capitoline hill as the religious center of the Rome. The Aeneid (IPA English pronunciation: ; in Latin Aeneis, pronounced — the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos): is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy where he... A sculpture of Virgil, probably from the 1st century AD. For other uses, see Virgil (disambiguation). ... Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598. ...

External links

• The Janiculum at Lacus Curtius