San Saba
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Porta Capena

The Porta Capena was a gate in the Servian Wall near the Caelian Hill, in Rome, Italy according to Roman tradition the sacred grove where Numa Pompilius and the nymph Egeria used to meet. It was one of the main entries to the city of Rome, since it opened on the Appian Way. The origin of the name is unknown, although it may refer to the fact that the road leads to Capua, an important city in Campania, south of Rome.

Located at 41.884, 12.491 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Topography of ancient Rome, Gates in the Servian Wall

Baths of Caracalla

The Baths of Caracalla (Italian: Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between AD 212 and 216, during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla. Chris Scarre provides a slightly longer construction period 211-217 AD. They would have had to install over 2,000 tons of material every day for six years in order to complete it in this time.

Located at 41.8794, 12.4931 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient Roman baths in Rome, Olympic gymnastics venues, Ruins in Italy, Severan dynasty, 3rd-century architecture, 1960 Summer Olympic venues, Visitor attractions in Rome

Caelian Hill

The Caelian Hill (Latin Collis Caelius, Italian Celio) is one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. Under reign of Tullus Hostilius, the entire population of Alba Longa was forcibly resettled on the Caelian Hill. According to a tradition recounted by Titus Livy, the hill received its name from Caelius Vibenna, either because he established a settlement there or because his friend Servius Tullius wished to honor him after his death.

Located at 41.885, 12.4967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Seven hills of Rome

San Saba, Rome

San Saba is an ancient basilica church in Rome, Italy. It lies on the so-called Piccolo Aventino, which is an area close to the ancient Aurelian Walls next to the Aventine and Caelian Hill. The current Cardinal Deacon of the Titulus S. Sabae is Jorge Medina Estévez. The titulus was established in 1959.

Located at 41.8786, 12.4855 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 10th-century church buildings

Premonstratensian

The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, or in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), are a Roman Catholic religious order of canons regular founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg. Premonstratensians are designated by O. Praem (Ordo Praemonstratensis) following their name.

Located at 41.8789, 12.4887 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Premonstratensian Order, 1120 establishments, Religious organizations established in the 1120s, Christian religious orders established in the 12th century

Aurelian Walls

The Aurelian Walls are a line of city walls built between 271 AD and 275 AD in Rome, Italy, during the reign of the Roman Emperors Aurelian and Probus. The walls enclosed all the seven hills of Rome plus the Campus Martius and, on the right bank of the Tiber, the Trastevere district. The river banks within the city limits appear to have been left unfortified, although they were fortified along the Campus Martius.

Located at 41.8733, 12.4989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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3rd-century architecture, Topography of ancient Rome, Visitor attractions in Rome, Walls of Rome

Celio (rione of Rome)

Celio is the XIXth rione of Rome. Its logo is the bust of an African, with an elephant headdress with golden tusks on a silver background, in memory of an African bust that was found in via Capo d'Africa.

Located at 41.8818, 12.4953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rioni of Rome

San Saba (rione of Rome)

San Saba is the XXI rione of Rome. It was named after the Basilica of San Saba, which lies there.

Located at 41.879, 12.4863 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rioni of Rome

Santi Nereo e Achilleo

Santi Nereo e Achilleo is a fourth-century basilica church in Rome, Italy, located in via delle Termi di Caracalla in the rione Celio facing the main entrance to the Baths of Caracalla. The current Cardinal Priest of the Titulus Ss. Nerei et Achillei is Theodore Edgar McCarrick.

Located at 41.8802, 12.4948 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 4th-century church buildings

Santa Balbina

Santa Balbina is a basilica church in Rome, devoted to St. Balbina. It was built in the 4th century over the house of consul Lucius Fabius Cilo on the Aventine Hill, behind the Baths of Caracalla. Possibly the ancient Titulus Tigridae, the basilica was consecrated by Pope Gregory I. The adjoining monastery has a commanding medieval defence tower. Inside the basilica there is a very fine episcopal chair with a Cosmatesque decoration from the 13th century.

Located at 41.8805, 12.4897 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 6th-century church buildings, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

San Sisto Vecchio

San Sisto Vecchio is a church in Rome, devoted to St. Pope Sixtus II. It was built in the 4th century, and is recorded as the Titulus Crescentianae, thus relating the church to some Crescentia, possibly a Roman woman who founded the church. According to tradition, the church was established by Pope Anastasius I (399-401). The church houses the relics of St. Pope Sixtus II, transferred here from the Catacombs of St. Callixtus in the 6th century.

Located at 41.8804, 12.496 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 4th-century church buildings, Burial places of popes

San Giovanni in Oleo

San Giovanni in Oleo is a small church in Rome, Italy, devoted to Saint John the Evangelist, on the place where, according to tradition, his martyrdom was attempted. According to an ancient tradition, in 92, St. John survived martyrdom through immersion in a vat of boiling oil, attempted by Domitian himself.

Located at 41.8766, 12.5021 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, 5th-century Roman Catholic church buildings, 16th-century architecture, Renaissance architecture in Rome

San Gregorio Magno al Celio

San Gregorio Magno al Celio, also known as San Gregorio al Celio or simply San Gregorio, is a church in Rome, Italy, which is part of a monastery of monks of the Camaldolese branch of the Benedictine Order. St. Augustine of Canterbury and his Benedictines were sent by Pope Saint Gregory the Great, the basilica's namesake and patron saint, to evangelize England in 597 AD.

Located at 41.8859, 12.4904 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1633, Sites of papal elections, Benedictine monasteries in Italy, Camaldolese monasteries in Italy, Christian monasteries established in the 6th century

Santo Stefano Rotondo

The Basilica of St. Stephen in the Round on the Celian Hill (Italian: Basilica di Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, Latin: Basilica S. Stephani in Coelio Monte) is an ancient basilica and titular church in Rome, Italy. Commonly named Santo Stefano Rotondo, the church is the National church in Rome of Hungary dedicated to Saint Stephen and Saint Stephen of Hungary. The minor basilica is also the rectory church of the Pontifical Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum. The Cardinal Priest or titular S.

Located at 41.8844, 12.4967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, National churches in Rome, Mithraea, Rotundas, 5th-century church buildings, Palaeo-Christian architecture in Italy

Porta San Sebastiano

Porta San Sebastiano is the modern name for the ancient Porta Appia, a gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, through which the Via Appia, now the Via di Porta San Sebastiano at that location, left the city in a southeasterly direction. It was refortified at the end of the 4th century and was again renovated in the sixth century by Belisarius and Narses. The gate, a brick structure with turrets, still stands and has been restored to good condition. Modern traffic flows under it.

Located at 41.8736, 12.5019 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient gates in the Aurelian Walls

Arch of Drusus

The Arch of Drusus is an ancient arch in Rome, Italy, close to the First Mile of the Appian Way and next to the Porta San Sebastiano. The exact origins of the Arch are unclear. It is now generally agreed that it has nothing to do with Nero Claudius Drusus, the conqueror of the Germans. Some versions have the arch being constructed as part of a spur added to the Aqua Marcia by Caracalla in 211-216 AD to take water from that aqueduct to Caracalla’s new baths.

Located at 41.8736, 12.5011 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient gates in the Aurelian Walls

Santa Maria in Domnica

Santa Maria in Domnica — also known as Santa Maria alla Navicella — is a basilica church in Rome. The current Cardinal Deacon of the Titulus S. Mariae in Domnica is William Joseph Levada.

Located at 41.8847, 12.4956 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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7th-century establishments, 1510s architecture, Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 7th-century church buildings

San Giovanni a Porta Latina

San Giovanni a Porta Latina is a Basilica church in Rome, Italy, near the Porta Latina of the Aurelian Wall. It is currently the titular church of Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, former Archbishop of Kraków.

Located at 41.8772, 12.5019 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome, 5th-century church buildings

San Cesareo in Palatio

San Cesareo in Palatio or San Caesareo de Appia is a titular church in Rome, near the beginning of the Appian Way. It is dedicated to Saint Caesarius of Africa, a 2nd century deacon and martyr.

Located at 41.8787, 12.4971 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Rome

Santi Giovanni e Paolo is an ancient basilica church in Rome, located on the Celian Hill. It is also called Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio or referred to as SS Giovanni e Paolo. The church was built in 398, by will of senator Pammachius, over the home of two Roman soldiers, John and Paul, martyred under Julian in 362. The church was thus called the Titulus Pammachii and is recorded as such in the acts of the synod held by Pope Symmachus in 499.

Located at 41.8864, 12.4922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Tomb of the Scipios

The Tomb of the Scipios (Latin sepulcrum Scipionum), also called the hypogaeum Scipionum, was the common tomb of the patrician Scipio family during the Roman Republic for interments between the early 3rd century BC and the early 1st century AD. Then it was abandoned and its location was lost within a few hundred years.

Located at 41.8758, 12.5003 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient Roman tombs and cemeteries in Rome, Cornelii Scipiones, Latin inscriptions

Villa Mattei

The Villa Mattei or Villa Celimontana is a villa on the Caelian Hill in Rome, best known for its gardens. Its grounds cover most of the valley between the Aventine Hill and the Caelian.

Located at 41.8842, 12.4944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villas in Rome, House of Mattei

Circo Massimo (Rome Metro)

Circo Massimo is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is sited at the east end of the Circus Maximus, after which it is named, near the headquarters of the FAO, originally built as the Ministero delle Colonie. Until 2002 the Obelisk of Axum also stood near the station. It has two separate exits on either side of the viale Aventino.

Located at 41.8836, 12.4881 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Line B stations, Railway stations opened in 1955

San Tommaso in Formis

The church of San Tommaso in Formis is a small church in Rome, situated on the Caelian Hill.

Located at 41.8853, 12.4953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Churches in Rome, Trinitarians

David Lubin Memorial Library

The David Lubin Memorial Library is the main library of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Its world renowned collection consists of technical material related to food, nutrition, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, with emphasis on developing countries. The core of its historical collection is the library of the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA), whose assets were entrusted to FAO when the IIA was disbanded in 1946.

Located at 41.8823, 12.4883 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Food and Agriculture Organization, Libraries in Rome, Library buildings completed in 2005