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Janiculum walls
Mura gianicolensi
building in Rome, Italy
- TypeFortresses
- WhereRome, Italy
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About Janiculum walls
The Janiculum walls (Italian: Mura gianicolensi) are a stretch of defensive walls erected in 1643 by Pope Urban VIII as a completion of the Leonine wall (defending the Vatican Hill) and for a better protection of the area of Rome rising on the right bank of the Tiber.
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