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Schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and Servian Wall.. The Aventine Hill is the southernmost of Rome's seven hills. It has two distinct heights, one greater to the northwest (Aventinus Major) and one lesser to the southeast (Aventinus Minor), divided by a steep cleft that provides the base for an ancient roadway between the heights.
The entire "Sant'Anselmo" complex on the Aventine Hill was designed by Belgian Benedictine Abbot Hildebrand de Hemptinne and Fidelis von Stotzingen and built by Francesco Vespignani between 1892 and 1896 in a neo-romanesque style. Construction began in 1892 and the cornerstone was dedicated on April 19, 1893.
Santa Sabina was built by Peter of Illyria, a Dalmatian priest, between 422 and 432 [1] near a temple of Juno on the Aventine Hill in Rome. Pope Celestine I established the cardinal title of Santa Sabina with its seat here in 423 AD. In the 9th century, it was enclosed in a fortification area as a result of war. [citation needed]
The Church of St. Mary of the Priory (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Priorato), also known as St. Mary on the Aventine (Italian: Santa Maria in Aventino), is the monastery church of the Priory of the Knights of Malta on the Aventine Hill in Rome, and is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Aventine Triad, modern term for the joint cult of the Roman deities Ceres, Liber and Libera; Mount Aventine, farm complex and national historic district located along the Potomac River in Bryans Road, Charles County, Maryland. Santa Sabina, or Basilica of Saint Sabina, historical church on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy
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Rome, From Mount Aventine is an 1835 painting by J. M. W. Turner, based on drawings made by him in the city in 1828. [1] It shows a view of the city of Rome from the Aventine Hill . It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1836, where it was described by the Morning Post as "one of those amazing pictures by which Mr Turner dazzles the ...
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