walls of Leo IV

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The walls of Leo IV were a fortified enclosure built in the 9th century by Pope Leo IV to protect the Vatican and the Borgo district of Rome from Saracen raids.

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walls of Leo IV canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city wall ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
adjacentTo Tiber River ⓘ
linked to: Tiber

Vatican Walls ⓘ
linked to: Vatican walls
alsoKnownAs Leonine Walls ⓘ
linked to: Leonine City
architecturalStyle medieval military architecture ⓘ
builtBy Pope Leo IV ⓘ
city Rome ⓘ
connectsWith Aurelian Walls (via later fortifications) ⓘ
constructionEnd 852 ⓘ
constructionStart 848 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
coordinateLocation 41.902°N 12.457°E ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
currentOwner Holy See ⓘ
Italian Republic (for sections on Italian territory) ⓘ
linked to: Italian Republic
encloses Borgo ⓘ
St Peter's Basilica ⓘ
governingBody Vatican City State ⓘ
linked to: Vatican City
hasPart battlements ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
towers ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of the historic center of Rome ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inception 9th century ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
LatinName Murus Leoninus ⓘ
locatedIn Borgo district ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Vatican area ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
tufa stone ⓘ
namedAfter Pope Leo IV ⓘ
owner Papal States (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Papal States
partlyPreserved true ⓘ
partOf Leonine City ⓘ
purpose defense ⓘ
protection from Saracen raids ⓘ
reasonForConstruction Saracen raid on Rome in 846 ⓘ
religionAssociated Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significantEvent Saracen raid on Rome in 846 ⓘ
significantModification restorations in the Renaissance period ⓘ
significantPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ

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