Capitoline Hill
Proper noun
Meaning
Capitoline Hill
Highest of the Seven hills of Rome.
Synonyms
Examples
After that, he started the building of the temple-fortress to the god Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill.
His house on the Capitoline Hill was razed, and it was decreed that no patrician should ever be allowed to live there.
The Capitoline Hill now hosts Rome's city hall, and the Palatine Hill belongs to the main archaeological area.
The conspirators, who styled themselves the Liberatores ("The Liberators"), had barricaded themselves on the Capitoline Hill for their own safety.
Behind it, up Capitoline Hill, was the Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven) prison.
The decision to build it was reached in 1878, shortly after the king's death that year; the site on the Capitoline Hill was chosen in 1882; and the design of 28-year-old Giuseppe Sacconi was selected in 1884.