Tiber Island

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geographical feature historic site river island

Tiber Island is a small, boat-shaped island in the Tiber River in Rome, historically significant for its ancient temples and later its hospitals and bridges connecting the city’s banks.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Isola Tiberina	2
Insula Tiberina	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ historic site ⓘ river island ⓘ
access	pedestrian bridges ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Asclepius ⓘ surface form: Aesculapius
belongsToRiverSystem	Tiber ⓘ surface form: Tiber River system
city	Rome ⓘ
connectedBy	Ponte Cestio ⓘ Ponte Fabricio ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of healing and medicine in Rome ⓘ
eraOfMajorDevelopment	ancient Roman period ⓘ
eraOfSignificantUse	Middle Ages ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Tiber Island ⓘ surface form: Insula Tiberina Tiber Island ⓘ surface form: Isola Tiberina
hasAncientTemple	Temple of Asclepius ⓘ surface form: Temple of Aesculapius
hasCoordinateLatitude	41.8903 N ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude	12.4783 E ⓘ
hasFeature	central square in front of San Bartolomeo all’Isola ⓘ travertine embankments shaped like a ship’s prow and stern ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 270 meters ⓘ
hasNearbyDistrict	Rione Ripa ⓘ Rione Sant’Angelo ⓘ Trastevere ⓘ
hasStructure	Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’Isola ⓘ Church of San Giovanni Calibita ⓘ Fatebenefratelli Hospital ⓘ
hasWidth	approximately 67 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus	Historic Centre of Rome ⓘ surface form: within UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Rome
historicalFunction	medical and hospital center ⓘ religious center in ancient Rome ⓘ
isTouristAttraction	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Lazio ⓘ Rome ⓘ Tiber ⓘ surface form: Tiber River
notableFor	ancient temples ⓘ bridges connecting the banks of the Tiber ⓘ historic hospitals ⓘ
partOf	Historic Centre of Rome ⓘ surface form: historic center of Rome
region	Lazio ⓘ
river	Tiber ⓘ
shape	boat-shaped ⓘ
urbanContext	within central Rome ⓘ
usedAs	place of isolation during epidemics ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Ponte Cestio → connects → Tiber Island ⓘ

Ponte Fabricio → connectsTo → Tiber Island ⓘ

Tiber Island → hasAlternativeName → Tiber Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isola Tiberina

Tiber Island → hasAlternativeName → Tiber Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Insula Tiberina

Tiber → hasIsland → Tiber Island ⓘ

Ponte Fabricio → near → Tiber Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isola Tiberina

Ponte Cestio → riverBankConnection → Tiber Island ⓘ