Everything about Monte Mario totally explained
Monte Mario is the highest (139
m) hill of
Rome. It lies in the NW side of the city. The name comes from
Mario Mellini, a
cardinal who around the middle of 15th century owned there a villa and several hamlets.
The east part of the hill is a nature reserve
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), on the west side lies the now-posh omonymous quarter. Atop one hill is the church and convent of Santa Maria Rosario. On the hilltop, now occupying the site of the 15th century
Villa Mellini is the
Rome Astronomical Observatory and the
Museo Astronomico Copernicano (Viale del Parco Mellini, 84, Rome, 136 Italy). The side of the hill was the former site of the
Villa Pigneto built by
Pietro da Cortona. The ruins of the structure were razed in the 19th century.
The
John Felice Rome Center, one of the four campuses of
Loyola University Chicago, is located on the hill on Via Massimi.
Although the highest hill in the modern city of Rome, Monte Mario isn't one of the proverbial
Seven Hills of Rome, being outside the boundaries of the ancient city.
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