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Quirinal Hill
One of the seven hills of Rome
Latin nameCollis Quirinalis
Italian nameQuirinale
RioneTrevi
BuildingsGardens of Sallust, Baths of Constantine, Torre delle Milizie, Trevi Fountain,
PalazziQuirinal Palace, Palazzo Baracchini
ChurchesSant'Andrea al Quirinale,
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
PeopleLucius Papirius Cursor
Ancient Roman religionTemple of Mars Ultor
Mythological figuresTitus Tatius, Quirinus
Roman sculpturesHorse Tamers
Schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and Servian Wall

The Quirinal Hill (/ˈkwɪrɪnəl/; Latin: Collis Quirinalis; Italian: Quirinale [kwiriˈnaːle]) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the city center. It is the location of the official residence of the Italian head of state, who resides in the Quirinal Palace; by metonymy "the Quirinal" has come to stand for the Italian president. The Quirinal Palace has an extension of 1.2 million square feet (110 500 m²).

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Quirinal Hill

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The Quirinal Hill (/ˈkwɪrɪnəl/; Latin: Collis Quirinalis; Italian: Quirinale [kwiriˈnaːle]) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the...

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Quirinal Palace

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km from the centre of the city. It is located on the Quirinal Hill, the highest of the seven hills of Rome in an area colloquially called Monte Cavallo...

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Viminal Hill

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finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the Quirinal Hill to the northwest and the Esquiline Hill to the southeast, it is home to the Teatro dell'Opera...

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Seven hills of Rome

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Hill (Mons Capitolinus; Campidoglio) Esquiline Hill (Collis Esquilinus; Esquilino) Palatine Hill (Collis or Mons Palatinus; Palatino) Quirinal Hill (Collis...

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Vatican Hill

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Janiculum Hill (Gianicolo) Monte Mario Oppian Hill (Oppio) Palatine Hill (Palatino) Pincian Hill (Pincio) Quirinal Hill (Quirinale) Velian Hill (Velia)...

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Pincian Hill

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the Quirinal, overlooking the Campus Martius. It was outside the original boundaries of the ancient city of Rome, and was not one of the Seven hills of...

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Aldobrandini family

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The family also lends its name to the Palazzo Aldobrandini on the Quirinal Hill. The Aldobrandini family, having reached the height of its powers when...

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Quirinus

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erected an altar to Quirinus on the Collis Quirinalis, Quirinal Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome. When the Romans settled in the area, the cult of...

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Palatine Hill

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Monte Mario Oppian Hill (Oppio) Pincian Hill (Pincio) Quirinal Hill (Quirinale) Vatican Hill (Vaticano) Velian Hill (Velia) Viminal Hill (Viminale) This...

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List of ancient monuments in Rome

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Seven Hills Aventine Caelian Capitoline Esquiline Palatine Quirinal Viminal Tiber Island Monte Testaccio...

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Caelian Hill

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park near the Temple of Claudius. The hill overlooks a plateau from which the Esquiline, Viminal and Quirinal hills also arise. Caeliolus (also Caeliculus...

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Latin

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The Duenos Inscription, from the 6th century BC, is one of the earliest known Old Latin texts. It was found on the Quirinal Hill in Rome....

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Aventine Hill

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Seven hills Seven hills of Rome Caelian Hill (Celio) Capitoline Hill (Capitolino) Esquiline Hill (Esquilino) Palatine Hill (Palatino) Quirinal Hill (Quirinale)...

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Founding of Rome

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Capitoline, the Quirinal and Viminal, and the Caelian, Oppian, and Velia. There is, however, no evidence linking any settlement on the Quirinal hill with the...

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Caracalla

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Caracalla's protector from treachery. Caracalla also erected a temple on the Quirinal Hill in 212, which he dedicated to Serapis. A fragmented inscription found...

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Capitoline Hill

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(Palatino) Pincian Hill (Pincio) Quirinal Hill (Quirinale) Vatican Hill (Vaticano) Velian Hill (Velia) Viminal Hill (Viminale) "Capitoline". Merriam-Webster...

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The Nightmare

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German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung or to the marble Horse Tamers on Quirinal Hill, Rome. Fuseli may have added the horse as an afterthought, since a preliminary...

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Oppian Hill

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Mario Palatine Hill (Palatino) Pincian Hill (Pincio) Quirinal Hill (Quirinale) Vatican Hill (Vaticano) Viminal Hill (Viminale) Varro De Lingua Latina 5.50...

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Janiculum

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Oppian Hill (Oppio) Palatine Hill (Palatino) Palazzolo Pincian Hill (Pincio) Quirinal Hill (Quirinale) Romanian Pontifical College Vatican Hill (Vaticano)...

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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

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architecture, built as part of a complex of monastic buildings on the Quirinal Hill for the Spanish Trinitarians, an order dedicated to the freeing of Christian...

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Suburra

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stretching on the slopes of the Quirinal and Viminal hills up to the offshoots of the Esquiline (Oppian, Cispian and Fagutal hills). Since the lower part of...

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Francesco Borromini

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Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (also known as San Carlino). Situated on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, the complex was designed for the Spanish Trinitarians, a religious...

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List of Ancient Roman temples

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Campus Martius Temple of Fortuna Respiciens - Palatine Hill Temple of the gens Flavia - Quirinal Hill Temple of Hercules Custos - Campus Martius Temple of...

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Sancus

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below at "Mars and Semo") The temple dedicated to Sancus stood on the Quirinal Hill, under the name Semo Sancus Dius Fidius. Dionysius of Halicarnassus...

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