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Which city was built on top of seven hills?
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#40804. Asked by Pinky416. (Nov 05 03 8:08 PM)
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gmackematix
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Sheffield, Edinburgh and, more famously, Ancient Rome were all cities built on seven hills.
The Quirinal, Palatine, Esquiline and Capitoline were four of the latter.
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brian59
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Rome of course, but also Lisbon.
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McGruff
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What does Sheffield have in common with Rome and Amman? All three are built on seven hills.
 http://www.shef.ac.uk/~phil/other/city.html
Amman, Jordan
Amman is built on seven hills, or jabals, each of which more or less defines a neighborhood. http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/tourism1.html
Like Rome, Edinburgh is built on seven hills. But unlike Rome, in Edinburgh these hills are the remains of a series of extinct volcanoes. http://www.s-h-systems.co.uk/tourism/edinburgh/orientation.html
Lisbon was rebuilt after a major 18th-century earthquake levelled many parts of it. It has also survived a shrinking empire, dictatorship and revolution. Today it is a relaxed, easy-to-see city which, like Rome, is built on seven hills. worldfacts.us/Portugal-Lisbon.htm http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/04/1067708176587.html
Nevada City is built on Seven Hills
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cancgs/seven_hills_of_nevada_city.htm
Kampala, Uganda
In praise of Uganda's new capital, the colonialists described Kampala to London as "a very beautiful, legendary city built on seven hills like ancient Rome." Although it now spreads over more than 20 hills, it is still sometimes referred to as the city of seven hills. The legendary seven hills are Mengo, Lubaga, Namirembe, Old Kampala, Kibuli, Nakasero and Makerere.
http://www.kampala1.com/kampala.html
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gmackematix
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And San Francisco was built on 43 hills. Couldn't they find a flatter site?
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bert1915
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati is known as the "City of Seven Hills" — just don't ask anyone to name them. OK, since you asked, here they are: Bond Hill, College Hill, Liberty Hill, Paddock Hills, Price Hill, Vine Street Hill, Walnut Hills, Western Hills, Winton Hills ... Mount Adams, Mount Airy, Mount Auburn, Mount Echo, Mount Hope, Mount Lookout, Mount Washington ... Fairview Heights, Clifton Heights ... And that's not to mention the hilltops outside the city: Arlington Heights, Lincoln Heights, Monfort Heights, Mount Healthy, Indian Hill. Or the ones in Northern Kentucky. That's more than seven, right? So who started this "seven hills" thing? Tristate historian Dan Hurley said it's a misunderstanding rooted in the origin of the city's name. "Through direct linkage with the Roman general Cincinnatus (Cincinnati was named for the Society of Cincinnatus, a group of Revolutionary War officers who honored Cincinnatus), it is natural to compare Cincinnati and Rome. Because both Rome and Cincinnati are hilly, the idea of seven hills became a part of local legend," Mr. Hurley said. "Trying to pick out the 'official' seven hills from dozens of possibilities is a dead end."
http://www.cincinnati.com/local/atoz/upsanddowns.html
Legend has it that Cincinnati, like Rome, was built on seven hills. The fact that there are more than seven hills has caused considerable confusion as various citizens seek to identify the "original seven." These are the hills most frequently listed: Mt. Adams, Mt. Auburn, Walnut Hills, Fairview Heights, Clifton Heights, Vine Street Hill, Price Hill, Fairmount, Mt. Lookout, Mt. Hope, Mt. Echo, and Mt. Storm.
http://www.med.uc.edu/cellbio/cinci.shtm
[Edited to add references - McG]
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yTHINKy
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Rome.
Physically and Biblically.
Revelation 12:3 - And another portent appeared in heaven; behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads.
Revelation 17:9 - This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;
It is believed by Revelatory Scholars that the Seven Heads are a description of Rome with the Ten Horns being ten World leaders. Some will even go as far as to say the Vatican and a new, unified World leadership group.
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Arpeggionist
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"Y'rushalayim - harim saviv lah", "Jerusalem has mountains around her." Ancient Jerusalem was built between seven hills, which are included in the municipal boundries of modern Jerusalem.
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Baloo55th
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Liverpool is also reputed to be built on seven hills, but I can't remember all of them. There's Copperas Hill, Low Hill, and Mount Pleasant to start with...
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