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Caelian

[see-lee-uhn]

noun

  1. the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.



Caelian

/ ˈsiːlɪən /

noun

  1. the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Zeaphard Caelian, who heads the disaster response agency in Negros Occidental province, said authorities issued an initial alert in March after Kanlaon began showing signs of restiveness, which intensified last weekend.

Officials are identifying evacuation centers where physical distancing could to be observed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Caelian said.

Caelian: When tour groups swarm down Via dei Fori Imperiali toward the Colosseum, I diverge.

This sunny, outdoor cold-food restaurant faces the Mattei Palace in the Villa Celimontana park on the Caelian, but its real draw is a free jazz festival on summer evenings when all seats are full and the wine is flowing.

One day, you climb the Aventine Hill, with its splendid views of the entire city; two days later, on the slope of the Caelian Hill, you gaze into the ruins of the Palatine Hill, the Belgravia or Park Avenue of the days of Augustus Caesar.

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