JANICULUM QUARTER - MONTEVERDE VECCHIO
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 Espana. The Hill is also the location of the Pontifical Urban University and Pontificial North American College, as well as the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza" (a botanical garden).
HISTORY
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.
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). Vergil uses the presence of these ruins to stress the significance of the Capitoline hill as the religious center of the Rome.
Janiculum
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Janiculum
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Janiculum
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Janiculum
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Janiculum
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Janiculum
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Janiculum
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Monteverde
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Monteverde
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Villa Panphili
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Villa Panphili
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Villa Panphili
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