Talk:List of cities claimed to be built on seven hills

Pub Quiz
At a pub quiz I went to recently it was claimed that only Rome, Seattle, Edinburgh, and Sheffield are built on seven hills. Do these four cities have a better claim to being built on seven hills than the rest of the cities listed in this article or was the quiz master just horribly misinformed?

Articles like this are why Wikipedia is simultaneously absolutely wonderful, and staggeringly pathetic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.67.5.146 (talk) 11:01, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

You are most likely right and from what it seems no-one really reads this artcle. Feel free to cull the ones with out references. DSQ (talk) 12:55, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

What is this list based on?
I'd like to see some sourcing to support most of the cities on this list. I have added "reference needed" tags to two of the cities I am most familiar with - San Diego and Los Angeles - because I could not find any source (other than this article) that refers to them as being built on "seven hills". Los Angeles seems a particularly poor fit for this designation. If a reference is not added I will delete those two from the list. There are probably many others here with just as poor a basis as those two. --MelanieN (talk) 15:20, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

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Does Washington DC actually have seven hills?
I've looked everywhere for reputable sources, but only memes and lists from people concerned about Book of Revelation Babylon show up.

I can easily find references to Mecca and even Staten Island having seven mountains, but not DC. (Possibly, due to the horrible theological connotations, DC guides might not mention it even if it's true?)

I've never had this much trouble sourcing something thought public knowledge.

Even going through old books about DC from Project Gutenberg (written back when they were hip on Rome) doesn't show anything about the hills. Are there any reputable sources? Tabbycatlove (talk) 09:17, 27 February 2024 (UTC)