Celio

Celio Hill is one of the seven hills on which Rome was founded. The Mons Caelius was already inserted in the perimeter of the city with Romulus. Originally the name had to be Mons Querquetulanus for the richness of oak, while the origin of the name Caelius goes back to Etruscan Vibenna Celio, one of two brothers of Vulci that would help Servius Tullius to become King of Rome. At the highest point, it was built the Temple of Divine Claudius; in the fourth century there were headquartered a lot of domus; in the sixth century, it was part of the Ecclesiastical Region II and, for its proximity to the Lateran Basilica, the whole Hill was often renamed "Lateran". Among the churches built over the previous tituli: that of Saints Jhon and Poul, the Four Crowned Saints, St. Mary in Domenica, St. Stephan Rotondo, St. Jhon in Porta Latina, St. Gregory, St. Thomas in Formis and St. Sisto Vecchio. There were also monasteries surrounded by gardens, and some towers of noble families of tenth and eleventh centuries. Currently, the Celio is included in the homonymous district and there is seat of Military Hospital, built and designed by Salvatore Bianchi and Filippo Laccetti.