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The Viminal Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome
In Latin / Italian	collis Viminalis / 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 Ministry of the Interior; currently the term Il Viminale means the Ministry of the 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.^[1]

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^ Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1.44

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

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Basilicas and churches	Archbasilica of St. John Lateran Catacombs of Rome San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Basilica di San Clemente Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls Chiesa del Gesù Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Santa Maria degli Angeli Santa Maria in Aracoeli Santa Maria in Cosmedin Santa Maria in Trastevere Santa Prassede Santa Sabina St. Peter's Basilica Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza Sistine Chapel

Roman villas	Villa Ada Villa Borghese Villa Doria Pamphili Villa Medici

Roman temples	Pantheon Temple of Castor and Pollux Temple of Portunus Temple of Hercules Victor Temple of Saturn Temple of Vesta

Roman architecture	Ara Pacis Castel Sant'Angelo Circus Maximus Colosseum Column of Marcus Aurelius Largo di Torre Argentina Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II Obelisks Palazzo Barberini Theatre of Marcellus Theatre of Pompey Tiber Island Trajan's Column Mausoleum of Augustus Trevi Fountain Baths of Caracalla Aurelian Walls Servian Wall Palazzo Farnese Piazza Navona Pyramid of Cestius Spanish Steps Torre delle Milizie Comitium Roman Forum Trajan's Market

Roman art	Apollo Belvedere Augustus of Prima Porta La Bocca della Verità Laocoön and His Sons

Seven hills of Rome	Aventine Hill Caelian Hill Capitoline Hill Esquiline Hill Palatine Hill Quirinal Hill Viminal Hill

Coordinates: 41°53′57″N 12°29′39″E / 41.89917°N 12.49417°E / 41.89917; 12.49417

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