Vatican Hill

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geographical feature hill historic site

Vatican Hill is one of the traditional seven hills of Rome and the site of the Vatican City, renowned as the spiritual and administrative center of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ager Vaticanus 1
Colle Vaticano 1
Mons Vaticanus 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
hill ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
adjacentTo Tiber ⓘ
surface form: Tiber River
associatedWith Holy See ⓘ
Papacy ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter
contains Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Sistine Chapel ⓘ
St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
St. Peter's Square ⓘ
Vatican Gardens ⓘ
Vatican Museums ⓘ
necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
surface form: Italy (surrounding state)

Vatican City ⓘ
elevation approximately 75 meters above sea level ⓘ
governedBy Vatican City ⓘ
surface form: Vatican City State
hasCulturalSignificance UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage core area via Vatican City

major Christian pilgrimage destination ⓘ
hasFunction center of Catholic pilgrimage ⓘ
seat of the Pope ⓘ
hasNameInItalian Vatican Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colle Vaticano
hasNameInLatin Vatican Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mons Vaticanus
hasRole administrative center of the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
spiritual center of the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
historicalPeriod Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Rome
historicalSignificance traditional burial site of Saint Peter ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Lazio ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
near Santa Susanna, Rome ⓘ
surface form: Borgo district of Rome

Janiculum Hill ⓘ
oppositeOf Campus Martius ⓘ
partOf Vatican Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ager Vaticanus

the traditional seven hills of Rome ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
topographicalContext western bank of the Tiber River ⓘ
usedFor administration of the Holy See ⓘ
papal audiences ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle Peter → burialPlace → Vatican Hill ⓘ
Vatican Hill → hasNameInItalian → Vatican Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colle Vaticano
Vatican Hill → hasNameInLatin → Vatican Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mons Vaticanus
Apostolic Palace → locatedIn → Vatican Hill ⓘ
Old St. Peter's Basilica → locatedIn → Vatican Hill ⓘ
St. Peter's Basilica → locatedIn → Vatican Hill ⓘ
Vatican Hill → partOf → Vatican Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ager Vaticanus