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While the tallest hill in the contemporary city of Rome, the Janiculum does not figure among the proverbial seven hills of Rome, being west of the Tiber and outside the boundaries of the ancient city. Anciently, the Janiculum was a center for the cult of the god Janus; it was also known in Roman times as the Mons Vaticanus; the fact that it overlooked the city made it a good place for augurs to go and observe the auspices.

The Janiculum is a good place to get a view of the Roman skyline and its many domed churches. Other sights on the Janiculum include the church of San Pietro in Montorio, built upon the site formerly thought to be where St Peter was crucified; here, the Tempietto, a small shrine built by Donato Bramante marks the supposed site of Peter's death. The Janiculum also houses a baroque fountainA fountain is an arrangement where water is forced into the air under pressure, creating a jet. The pressure may be gravitational, or may be produced by a motor-driven pump. A famous fountain rises from the surface of Lake Geneva. However, many fountains built by Pope Paul VPaul V ne Camillo Borghese (Rome, September 17, 1550 January 28, 1621) was Pope from May 16, 1605 until his death. He was born as Camillo Borghese into the noble Borghese family of Siena which had recently fled to Rome, and ROMANUS appears in mostof his i in the late seventeenth century.

In history, the Janiculum was the site of a battleSee also the town of Battle, East Sussex, England Generally, a battle is an instance of combat between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. Battles are most often fought during wars. Battles may be small scale, only invol in 1849Events January 23 Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor January 31 Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom February 14 In New York City, James Knox Polk be between the forces of GaribaldiGiuseppe Garibaldi ( July 4, 1807 June 2, 1882) was a brilliant guerrilla fighter and Italy's most famous soldier of the Risorgimento. He was called the "Hero of Two Worlds" in tribute to his military adventures in both South America and Europe. He was bo and FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. forces fighting on behalf of the PopeThis article is about the Catholic pope. See Pope (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word pope. The Pope is the Catholic bishop and patriarch of Rome, and ex officio supreme spiritual leader of what might be called the Catholic Communion (that is,, who sought to restore him to the throne of the Papal States. On account of this battle, several monuments to Garibaldi and to the fallen in the wars of Italian independence are on the Janiculum as well.