The coat of arms of Pope Urban VIII along the Janiculum walls | |
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Location | Rome |
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Coordinates | 41°53′7.865″N 12°27′43.416″E / 41.88551806°N 12.46206000°E |
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.