What is Monte Mario?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Mario Mountain | photo = File:Roma-monte_mario.jpg | location = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]] | coordinates = {{coord|41|55|27.41|N|12|27|07.38|E }} }} '''Mario Mountain''' ({{lang-it|Monte Mario}}) is a [[hill]] in the northwest part of [[Rome]], on the right side of the [[Tiber River]]. It is 139 metres tall, one of the tallest hill in town. Rome and [[Vatican City]] are visible from the hill. == History == Excavations near Monte Mario have found a [[flint]] tool and animal teeth. The remains date back to about 65,000 years ago. The hill was known as ''Mons Vaticanus'' or ''Clivus Cinnae'' (from the name of the Roman Consul [[Lucius Cornelius Cinna]]) during [[Ancient Rome]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], Monte Mario was located on the [[Via Francigena]], a [[pilgrimage]] route from [[Canterbury]] to Rome. Pilgrims called it ''Mons Gaudii'' ([[Latin]] for ''Mount of the Joy'').<ref>According to [[Ferdinand Gregorovius]], ''Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter'', vol. IV, Munich, C. H. Beck, 1988, p. 660.</ref> == Description == Mario Mountain is a [[nature reserve]] and it is home to an [[observatory]]. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Osservatorio astronomico a Monte Mario.jpg|Astronomical observatory File:Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Monte Mario.jpg|Astronomical observatory File:Monte Mario - Osservatorio.JPG |View of Mario Mountain </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Rome]] {{europe-stub}}