MILITARY FORTS

FORTI MILITARI

1877/90 Luigi Durand De La Penne (1838/1921) who was also the architect of the Celium Hill Military Hospital

They were built for military use in strategic locations around the city mainly because of the French threat:

FORTE ANTENNE partially occupied by military units

FORTE ARDEATINO abandoned

FORTE BOCCEA used as a military prison until 2005

FORTE BRASCHI occupied by military units

FORTE PIETRALATA military barracks

FORTE OSTIENSE partly occupied by military units

FORTE PORTUENSE abandoned

FORTE TIBURTINO military barracks

FORTE TRIONFALE occupied by military units

FORTE MONTE MARIO occupied by military units

HILARIAN BASILICA

BASILICA HILARIANA

Piazza Celimontana 50

About AD 145/155 for Manius Publicius Hilarus merchant of pearls to whom it was dedicated by the College of Dendrofori of which Hilarus himself was a member, as part of their home

Restorations were carried out in the first half of the third century

Dendrofori means "Bearers of the tree", the pine sanctified in which Attis was identified. It was part of the cult of Cybele and was carried in procession here every year on March 22 from the Temple of Magna Mater on the Palatine

Nearby GAUDENTIUS HOUSE, Senator who lived at the beginning of the fifth century. The house however was built in the second half of the third century

The remains are in the area of the OSPEDALE MILITARE DEL CELIO (Celium Hill Military Hospital) built in 1885/91 by Luigi Durand de la Penne (1838/1921) and Salvatore Bianchi (1821/84)

In 2002 the archaeological site was arranged nicely