Aventine Hill
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The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills that ancient Rome was built on. It was a strategic point in controlling trade on the River Tiber, and was fully fortified by 1000 AD.
During Fascism, many deputies of the opposition retired on this hill after the murder of Giacomo Matteotti, here ending - by the so-called "Aventinian Secession" - their presence at the Parliament and consequently their political activity.
The hill is now an elegant residential part of Rome with a wealth of architectural interest. It belongs to the rione of Ripa.
See also
- Rome: Seven hills of Rome, Roman Forum, Circus Maximus
- People: Ancus Marcius, Lucius Opimius, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Naevius, Pope Sixtus III
- Things: Bacchanalia, Chariot racing, Sacred fire of Vesta
- Mythology: Roman mythology, Artemis, Bona Dea, Ceres, Cacus, Dionysus, Diana, Heracles, Mercury, Selene, Vertumnus
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