Pincian Hill
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The Pincian Hill (
Roman Emperor Aurelian
between 270 and 273.
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Villas and gardens
Several important families in
. The hill came to be known in Roman times as Collis Hortorum (the "Hill of Gardens"). Its current name comes from the Pincii, one of the families that occupied it in the 4th century AD.Modern Rome
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The Pincio as seen today was laid out in 1809–14 by
Emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd century, as part of a memorial to his beloved Antinous outside the Porta Maggiore.[4] The Piazza Napoleone – in fact Napoleon's grand urbanistic example was set from a distance, as he never visited Rome – is a grand open space that looks out over Piazza del Popolo
, also laid out by Valadier, and provides views to the west, and of the skyline of Rome beyond. Valadier linked the two spaces with formal staircases broken by generous landings, and a switchback carriageway.
In 1873, a
Paris Universal Exposition in 1867 where it won prizes and great acclaim.[6]
In the gardens of the Pincian, it was Giuseppe Mazzini's urging[7] that lined the viali with busts of notable Italians.
Though the
Aurelian Wall, pierced by the Porta Pinciana
.
See also
- Aventine Hill (Aventino)
- Caelian Hill (Celio)
- Capitoline Hill (Capitolino)
- Cispian Hill (Cispio)
- Esquiline Hill (Esquilino)
- Janiculum Hill (Gianicolo)
- Monte Mario
- Oppian Hill (Oppio)
- Palatine Hill (Palatino)
- Quirinal Hill (Quirinale)
- Vatican Hill (Vaticano)
- Velian Hill (Velia)
- Viminal Hill (Viminale)
References
- ^ The site held the Horti Domitii in ancient times. (TCI, Roma e dintorni 1965:271.
- ^ "Pope Pius VII". Dafato Team. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Obelisk of the World"
- ^ Roberto Piperno, "Rome ArtLover: Obelisks of Rome"
- ^ "Orologi". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2013-03-20. Accessed 20 March 2013: "È infatti del 1867 l'invenzione dell'idrocronometro, dovuta al padre domenicano Giovanni Battista Embriaco, che attese ai suoi studi di meccanica applicata all'orologeria nella solitudine del convento della Minerva."
- ^ it:Idrocronometro Accessed 20 March 2013; "Storia del Progetto" https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Bug7LKOP08YJ:https://www.comune.roma.it/PCR/resources/cms/documents/storia-idrocronometro.pdf+idrocronometro+%22storia+del+progetto%22&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiGp8xz15iBCs0S33njoGp3ahPhWhYboWzWGkSevHXbmopZpVjeB2eeLuARhkOU9xVdGNOrRBDcpo6ZpFLZ7y_EBpxiRVc5gL1pc4NOloVKHcCyAiFEo2ZnRZtTWxchmaZPm8u5&sig=AHIEtbSmcoAIHFoLacFIXx-vRZzoi9hdJQ Accessed 20 March. 2013
- ^ According to (Touring Club Italiano), Roma e dintorni 1965:271
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pincian Hill.
- Hills and walls of Ancient Rome
- Samuel Ball Platner and Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press, 1929: Pincius Mons
- Pinician Hill at Rome Reborn at University of Virginia
- "Cisterne, mosaici e terme private. La collina del Pincio scopre i suoi segreti" La Repubblica 11 December 2014
41°54′42″N 12°28′47″E / 41.91167°N 12.47972°E
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