City of Seven Hills usually refers to Rome. There are 60 cities on this list. There are many other cities claimed to be built on seven hills or fewer than seven.
- Albany, New York
- Amman, Jordan, Amman spread over seven hills like Rome, Amman now covers at least nineteen hills. The highest hill is Citadel Hill/Jabal el Qala,
- Armagh, Armagh in Northern Ireland: a city of two cathedrals, a city on seven hills, the city of legends.
- Asunción, Paraguay, There are several small hills and slightly elevated areas throughout the city, including Cabará, Clavel, Tarumá, Cachinga, and Tacumbú, among others.
- Athens, Greece. The historical seven hills of Athens are Acropolis, Areopagus, Lofos Filopappou, Lofos Nymfon, Pnyx, Mount Lycabettus, and Tourkovounia.
- Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany, The seven hills of Bamberg are; Cathedral Hill, Michaelsberg, Kaulberg/Obere Pfarre, Stefansberg, Jakobsberg, Altenburger Hill, and Abtsberg.
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain said to be built on Mont Tàber, La Rovira, El Coll, El Carmel, La Peira, El Putxet and Montjuïc
- Bath, England
- Bergen, Norway (see Seven Mountains, Bergen)
- Brussels, Belgium, said to be built on St.Michielsberg, Koudenberg, Warmoesberg, Kruidtuin, Kunstberg, Zavel and St.Pietersberg
- Budapest, Hungary
- Cagliari, Sardinia
- Cáceres, Spain
- Ceuta, Spain
- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
- Dunedin, New Zealand
- Fall River, Massachusetts
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Gorzów, Poland
- Guaranda, Ecuador
- Iaşi, Romania (see Seven hills of Iaşi)
- Istanbul, Turkey (see Seven hills of Istanbul)
- Jerusalem, Israel, the northern summit (hill) is called Scopus, The middle summit (hill) was called Nob, The highest point of Olivet itself, and the southern summit (hill) was called in the Holy Scriptures the "Mount of Corruption" or "Mount of Offence" (II Kings 23:13), on the middle ridge between the Kedron and the Tyropoeon Valleys there was (formerly) in the south "Mount Zion" (the original "Mount Zion" and not the later southwest hill that was later called by that name), the "Ophel Mount", to the north of that the "Rock" around which "Fort Antonia" was built, and the southwest hill itself that finally became known in the time of Simon the Hasmonean as the new "Mount Zion."
- Kampala, Uganda built on Mengo, Lubaga, Namirembe, Old Kampala, Kibuli, Nakasero and Makerere
- Kiev, Ukraine Borichev, Shchekovitsa, Starokievska and Khorevitsa.
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Lynchburg, Virginia, United States College Hill, Garland Hill, Daniel's Hill, Federal Hill, Diamond Hill, White Rock Hill, and Franklin Hill were the original "Seven Hills" of the City of Lynchburg.
- Lviv, Ukraine
- Macau
- Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Melbourne, Australia
- Moscow, Russia (See Seven hills of Moscow)
- Mumbai (Bombay) Seven islands (now joined, into a peninsula)
- Nevada City, California, United States, built on Piety, Lost, Prospect, Aristocracy, Boulder, Nabob, and Buckeye Hills
- Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nixa, Missouri, United States
- Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Prague, Czech Republic, said to be built on seven or nine hills: Hradčany, Vítkov, (Opyš), Větrov, Skalka, (Emauzy), Vyšehrad, Karlov and Petřín
- Providence, Rhode Island, built on Christian Hill, College Hill, Constitution Hill, Federal Hill, Smith Hill, Tockwotten Hill, and Weybosset Hill.
- Pula, Croatia
- Richmond, Virginia, United States, built on numerous hills and escarpments to include Union Hill, Church Hill, Council Hill, Shockoe Hill, Gambles Hill, Navy Hill and Oregon Hill.
- Rome, Georgia, United States
- Rome, Italy (see Seven hills of Rome)
- Saint-Étienne, France
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
- San Diego, California, United States
- San Francisco, California, United States (see List of hills in San Francisco, California)
- Seattle, Washington, United States (see Seven hills of Seattle)
- Seven Hills, Ohio, United States
- Sheffield, England
- Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, built on Clarendon Hill, College Hill, Spring Hill, Winter Hill, Central Hill, Plowed Hill, Cobble Hill.
- Staten Island, New York, United States - Fort Hill, Ward Hill, Fox Hill, Grymes Hill, Emerson Hill, Todt Hill, and Richmond Hill.
- Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Tehran, Iran
- Telšiai, Lithuania
- Thiruvananthapuram, India
- Tirumala, India
- Torquay, England
- Turku, Finland
- Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, built on Airport Hill, Bancroft Hill, Belmont Hill, Grafton Hill, Green Hill, Pakachoag Hill, and Vernon Hill.
- Yonkers, New York, United States
- Zevenbergen, Netherlands
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