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	Quirinal Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Quirinal Hill (Latin, Collis Quirinalis) is one of the Seven Hills, at the north-east, of Rome.
		On the Quirinal Hill is where Constantine ordered the erection of the last bath house of imperial Rome, though now lost, having been incorporated into Renaissance Rome, with only some drawings from the 16th century remaining.
		The Quirinal Hill is today identified with the palazzo del Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic and one of the symbols of the State.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quirinal_Hill (937 words)

	Vatican Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vatican Hill (in Latin, Vaticanus Mons) is the name given, long before the founding of Christianity, to one of the hills on the side of the Tiber opposite the traditional seven hills of Rome.
		The Vatican Hill is not one of the famous seven hills of Rome, although it was included within the city limits of Rome during the reign of Pope Leo IV, who between 848 and 852 A.D. expanded the city walls to protect St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican.
		After the Avignon Papacy the church administration moved to Vatican Hill and the papal palace was (until 1871) the Quirinal Palace, upon the Quirinal Hill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vatican_Hill (315 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Golden Hill Fort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Golden Hill Fort was a defensible barracks built as part of the Palmerston defences by the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom to provide manpower to man the defences at the western end of the Isle of Wight, England.
		Panton Hill Panton Hill is a suburb in Shire of Nillumbik.
		Quirinal Hill The Quirinal Hill (Latin, Collis Quirinalis) is one of the Rome.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Golden-Hill-Fort (713 words)

	Basic Rome City Topography:ALRItkwRom101BasicTopo.html
		Quirinal Hill (Quirinalis = Quirinale) The Quirinal is the northernmost of four spurs of the high ground east of the Tiber that lay within the limits of Republican Rome.
		Viminal Hill (Viminalis = Viminale) The Viminal is a smaller ridge between the Quirinal Hill and the Esquiline Hill.
		Pincian Hill (Pincius) The Pincian Hill is to the north of the Quirinal Hill, overlooking the Campus Martius.
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	Quirinal Hill: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The quirinal palace (known in italian as the quirinale) is the official residence of the president of the italian republic upon the quirinal hill, one...
		The vatican hill (in latin, vaticanus mons) is the name given, long before the founding of christianity, to one of the hills on the side of the tiber...
		The quirinal palace (known in italian as the quirinale) is the official residence of the president of the italian republic upon the quirinal hill, EHandler: no quick summary.
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	Quirinal Hill
		The Quirinal Hill (Latin, Collis Quirinalis) is one of the seven hills, at the north-east of ancient Rome.
		Tombs have been discovered from the 8th-7th centuries B.C. that could confirm a likely presence of a Sabine settlement area; on the hill there was the tomb of Quirinus, that Lucius Papirius Cursor[?] transfomed into a temple for his triumph after the third Samnite war.
		The Palazzo del Quirinale was the residence of the popes until 1870, when Rome was conquered by the kingdom of Italy; it became the residence of the kings until 1946.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/qu/Quirinale.html (679 words)

	The Seven Hills of Rome, Rome (Photo Archive)
		The Quirinal is the northernmost of four spurs of the high ground east of the Tiber that lay within the limits of Republican Rome.
		The Viminal is a smaller ridge between the Quirinal Hill and the Esquiline Hill.
		The Pincian Hill is to the north of the Quirinal Hill, overlooking the Campus Martius.
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		Mons Aventinus——The Aventine Hill was roughly parallel to the Caelian Hill in the southern sections of the city.
		It contained a hill and a wider expanse of territory to the east, the Campus Viminalis.
		Later, the hill became one of the building sites for those foreign deities that were not allowed to be honored in the pantheon of the Roman gods or the city.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME0770 (861 words)

	Quirinal - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Quirinal, one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
		It is identified as one of the areas settled by the Sabines, who joined with the people of the Palatine...
		The original forum in Rome was between the Palatine and Capitoline hills and Quirinal Hill.
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	Quirinal Hill Vignette @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tombs have been discovered from the 8th century B.C. that could confirm a likely presence of a Sabine settlement area; on the hill there was the tomb of Quirinus, that Lucius Papirius Cursor transfomed into a temple for his triumph after the third Samnite war.
		In the Middle Ages the Torre delle Milizie and the convent of St. In the same palazzo were also the two statues of river gods that Michelangelo moved to the steps of Palazzo Senatorio on the Capitoline Hill.
		The church of San Silvestro al Quirinale, which was described for the first time circa 1000, rebuilt in 16th century and restructured (façade) in 19th.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Quirinal_Hill (583 words)

	Quirinal Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		According to Roman legend The Quirinal Hill the site of a small village of the Sabines and king Titus Tatius would have lived there after the between Romans and Sabines.
		In 446 BC a temple was dedicated on the Quirinal in honour of Semo Sancus Dius Fidius and it is possible that this was erected over the ruins of another Augustus too ordered the building of a dedicated to Mars.
		The Quirinal Hill is today identified with palazzo del Quirinale the official residence of the President the Italian Republic and one of the of the State.
	www.freeglossary.com /Quirinal_Hill (1036 words)

	Romeguide - Palazzo del Quirinale
		Quirinal fountain and obelisk with Roman statues of Castor and Pollux - the patrons of horsemanship - and their prancing horses stand in splendor in the Piazza del Quirinale.
		The Stables stand directly opposite the main entrance of the Quirinal Palace and were commissioned by Pope Innocent XIII Conti.
		The Quirinal Stables once housed over one-hundred and twenty horses, for the exclusive use of the Pope and his guests.
	www.romeguide.it /MONUM/STORICI/qirinale/quirinale_eng.htm (413 words)

	Roman Monographies - Fountains · part III · Main Fountains (page 7)
		The Quirinal Palace, official residence of the head of state (pope at first, then the king, and now the president), spreads with its gardens over the top of the Quirinal hill.
		Since the pressure of the water carried by the previous aqueduct was too low to reach the top of the hill, the Quirinal Palace suffered the lack of running water, until this important need could be satisfied thanks to the new Aqua Felix.
		During the Middle Ages the Quirinal hill was given the nickname Montecavallo ("horse hill") due to a large twin marble group featuring two male figures (the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of Jupiter) and their horses, roman copies of a Greek original.
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	Seven hills of Seattle - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Queen Anne Hill, north of downtown, was long isolated by its steep ascent but emerged as a fashionable residential area at the close of the 19th...
		Quirinal Hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
		It is the site of the 16th-century Quirinal Palace, the former royal residence and now the residence...
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		With this were united before the end of his reign the Capitoline and the Quirinal; Tullus Hostilius added the Caelian, Ancus Martius the Aventine; and finally Servius Tullius included the Esquiline and Viminal, and enclosed the whole seven hills with a stone wall.
		The probability of Sabine raids and a Sabine settlement, possibly on the Quirinal Hill, in very early times may be admitted.
		Schwegler (R.G. i..478) accepted the tradition of a Sabine settlement on the Quirinal, and considered thnt in the united state the Sabine element predominated.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=3111 (5161 words)

	Villa Aldobrandini
		Villa Aldobrandini stands on part of the Quirinal hill, now cut off from the main spur by Via Nazionale.
		The villa was built by Giacomo della Porta at the end of the 16th century for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew of Pope Clement VIII; he used it to house his art collection.
		At the end of the 16th century, Pope Sixtus V opened up Via Panisperna on one side of Villa Aldobrandini, cutting through part of the Quirinal hill to connect Santa Maria Maggiore with the city center.
	www.inforoma.it /feature.php?lookup=aldobran (272 words)

	Quirinal Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		According to Roman legend, The Quirinal Hill was the site of a small village ofthe Sabines, and king TitusTatius would have lived there after the peace between Romans and Sabines.
		Tombs have been discovered from the 8th-7th centuries B.C. that could confirm a likely presence of a Sabine settlement area;on the hill there was the tomb of Quirinus, that Lucius Papirius Cursor transfomed into a temple for his triumph after the third Samnite war.
		The Palazzo del Quirinale was the residenceof the popes until 1870, when Rome was conquered by the kingdom of Italy ; it became the residence of the kings until 1946.
	www.therfcc.org /quirinal-hill-19250.html (697 words)

	Capitoline Hill
		A flight of steps leads to the square on top of the hill; on one side of the square is the Palazzo dei Conservatori, on the other, the Capitoline Museum.
		In the center of the square is the ancient equestrian bronze statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
		Quirinal - Quirinal, one of the seven hills of Rome, NE of Capitoline Hill.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0810313.html (269 words)

	There Once Was In Rome... - the Baths of Constantine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They were built around 315, located on top of the Quirinal Hill, in the heart of the northern district that in roman times was called Alta Semita, once scarsely populated.
		By the time Quirinal Palace was built, in the second half of the 1500s, a small palace already rested over the northernmost end of the ruins; this is clearly visible in a map by Antonio Tempesta (below left).
		In fact, during the Middle Ages, this place used to be called Monte Cavallo ("horse hill") after the two statues, a successful nickname, that gradually became the official name of Quirinal Square, up to the late 19th century.
	roma.freewebpages.org /roma2-03e.htm (852 words)

	The Seven Hills of Rome
		Our route took us over the Quirinal Hill, the clear summit of which is marked by the Piazza Quirinale, the defence ministry buildings, and fine views across the city to the Vatican.
		At the church door was a group of women whose agitation turned to relief as three sweating young men in suits, one presumably the bridegroom, sprinted down the hill at the last moment before the bride arrived.
		Visiting the seven hills was an enjoyable exercise, and it took me to parts of Rome I would never otherwise have visited.
	www.mckechnies.net /mountains/1998/rome.htm (546 words)

	CFI
		It is located in a valley between the Capitoline Hill on the west, the Palatine Hill on the south, the Quirinal Hill and the Esquiline Hill to the north.
		The Palatine Hill is one of the seven hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city.
		According to Roman mythology, the Palatine hill was where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf that kept them alive.
	cfi.hanover.edu /ci/rome3.htm (639 words)

	Quirinal Hill- Rome, Italy - VirtualTourist.com
		The Quirinal Hill is one of the seven hills of Rome, the Quirinale Hill, where you can find the Opera House of Rome and the Quirinale Palace, the old papal palace, later residence of the kings and nowadays residence of the Italian President of the Republic.
		Quirinal Hill: One of the 7 hills of Rome
		The Quirinal Palace (Quirinale) is the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome-144659/Things_To_Do-Rome-Quirinal_Hill-BR-2.html (709 words)

	The Old Roman World - The Grandeur and Failure of its Civilization By John Lord, LL.D.- Chapter 5 from Nalanda Digital ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the Quirinal Hill he erected a Curia Saliorum in imitation of that of Numa on the Palatine, devoted to the worship of Quirinus.
		Near by was the house of Atticus, and the gardens of Sallust in the valley between the Quirinal and Pincian, afterwards the property of the emperor.
		Her hills were covered with the palaces of the proudest nobles that ever walked the earth, Rome was the centre, and the glory, and the pride of all the nations of antiquity.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/oldroman/chapter5.html (10465 words)

	Quirinal Hill - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		According to Roman legend, The Quirinal Hill was the site of a small village of the Sabines, and king Titus_Tatius would have lived there after the peace between Romans and Sabines.
		In 446_BC, a temple was dedicated on the Quirinal in the honour of ''Semo_Sancus_Dius_Fidius,'' and it is possible that this temple was erected over the ruins of another temple.
		The Quirinal Hill is today identified with the ''palazzo del Quirinale,'' the official residence of the President_of_the_Italian_Republic and one of the symbols of the State.
	www.erdmond.com /Quirinal_Hill.html (521 words)

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	Romulus and Remus - Crystalinks
		To him is attributed the founding, the extension to four of the Roman hill, the Capitoline, Aventine, Caelian and Quirinal, and the infamous rape of the Sabine women.
		Rome's population grew so much that the city had settled five of the seven hills of Rome: the Capitoline Hill, the Aventine Hill, the Caelian Hill, the Quirinal Hill, and the Palatine Hill.
		The city was difficult of access, having as its fortress the Capitoline Hill, on which a guard had been stationed, with a man named Tarpeius as its captain.
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