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Palatine Hill

The Palatine Hill, which is the centremost of the seven hills of Rome, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Palatine Hill
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0

Walks that pass here

Saint Peter in Chains

Walk

From the Cloaca Maxima to Saint Peter in Chains: The Palatine and Circus Maximus on Foot

A half-day walk from the Cloaca Maxima by the Tiber through the Circus Maximus, the Palatine Hill, the Arch of Titus and the Domus Aurea to Michelangelo's Moses. It suits first-time visitors who want Rome's oldest layers in one slow, mostly flat loop.

~3 h 45 min in total
~3.4 km, ~40 min walking
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