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Piazza di Monte Citorio or Piazza Montecitorio is a piazza in Rome. It is named after the Monte Citorio, one of the minor
hills of Rome The seven hills of Rome (, ) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the city. Hills The seven hills are: * Aventine Hill (Latin: ''Collis Aventinus''; Italian: ''Aventino'') * Caelian Hill (''Collis ...
. The piazza contains the
Obelisk of Montecitorio The Obelisk of Montecitorio (), also known as Solare, is an ancient Egyptian, red granite obelisk of Psamtik II (595–589 BC) from Heliopolis. Brought to Rome with the Flaminio Obelisk in 10 BC by the Roman Emperor Augustus to be used as the ...
and the
Palazzo Montecitorio Palazzo Montecitorio () is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament. History The palace's name derives from the slight hill on which it is built, which was claimed to be the ''Mons Ci ...
. The base of the
column of Antoninus Pius The Column of Antoninus Pius () is a Roman honorific column in Rome, Italy, devoted in AD 161 to the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, in the Campus Martius, on the edge of the hill now known as Monte Citorio, and set up by his successors, the ...
was also once sited here.


Gallery

File:Piazza di Monte Citorio, Rome, Italy-LCCN2001700966.jpg,
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image (1890s) File:Montecitorio Panini.jpg, 'The Piazza di Monte Citorio'', painting by Panini (1747)
Monte Citorio, Piazza di Rome R. III Colonna {{Rome-stub