Viminal Hill

Viminal Hill
Hill of Rome
Latin name	collis Viminalis
Italian name	Viminale
Rione	Monti
Buildings	Termini Station, Teatro dell'Opera

Schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and Servian wall

The Viminal Hill (Latin Collis Viminalis, Italian Viminale) is the smallest of the famous seven hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the Quirinal Hill to the northwest and the Esquiline Hill to the southeast, it is home to the Teatro dell'Opera and the Termini Railway Station. At the top of Viminal Hill there is the palace of Viminale that hosts the headquarters of the powerful Ministry of Interior; currently the term Il Viminale means the ministry of Interior.

According to Livy, the hill first became part of the city of Rome, along with the Quirinal Hill, during the reign of Servius Tullius, Rome' sixth king, in the 6th century BC.

See also

• Seven hills of Rome
• Aventine Hill (Aventino)
• Caelian Hill (Celio)
• Capitoline Hill (Capitolino)
• Cispian Hill (Cispio)
• Esquiline Hill (Esquilino)
• Janiculum Hill (Gianicolo)
• Monte Mario
• Oppian Hill (Oppio)
• Palatine Hill (Palatino)
• Pincian Hill (Pincio)
• Quirinal Hill (Quirinale)
• Vatican Hill (Vaticano)
• Velian Hill (Velia)

External links

• Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome: Viminal Hill