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Ponte Testaccio
Ponte Testaccio is a List of bridges in Rome, bridge that links Largo Giovanni Battista Marzi to Lungotevere Portuense in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni of Rome, Rione Testaccio and in the Quarter Portuense.. Description The bridge, designed by architect Bastianelli and whose construction began in 1938, was intended to link the lengthening of Viale Aventino to Roma Trastevere railway station through the demolition of the Ex Mattatoio (Rome), former slaughterhouse; its name should have been ''Ponte d'Africa''. It was inaugurated in 1948. It shows a single arch and is long; four travertine Relief, low reliefs decorate its headboards. Notes Bibliography * Bridges in Rome Stone bridges in Italy Bridges completed in 1948 Rome R. XX Testaccio Rome Q. XI Portuense {{Italy-bridge-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiber
The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the River Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino. It drains a basin estimated at . The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, which was founded on its eastern banks. The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the sea at Ostia. Known in ancient times (in Latin) as ''flavus'' ("the blond"), in reference to the yellowish colour of its water, the Tiber has advanced significantly at its mouth, by about , since Roman times, leaving the ancient port of Ostia Antica inland."Tiber River". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2006 However, it does not form a proportional delta, owing to a strong north-flowing sea current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travertine
Travertine ( ) is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs. It often has a fibrous or concentric appearance and exists in white, tan, cream-colored, and even rusty varieties. It is formed by a process of rapid precipitation of calcium carbonate, often at the mouth of a hot spring or in a limestone cave. In the latter, it can form stalactites, stalagmites, and other speleothems. It is frequently used in Italy and elsewhere as a building material. Similar (but softer and extremely porous) deposits formed from ambient-temperature water are known as tufa. Definition Travertine is a sedimentary rock formed by the chemical precipitation of calcium carbonate minerals from fresh water, typically in springs, rivers, and lakes; that is, from surface and ground waters. In the broadest sense, travertine includes deposits in both hot and cold springs, including the porous, spongy rock known as tufa, and also the cave features known as speleot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bridges In Rome
This is an incomplete list of bridges in the city of Rome, in Italy: *Pons Sublicius (around 642 BC) * Ponte di Castel Giubileo (built 1951) * Ponte di Tor di Quinto (1960) * Ponte Cestio (1st century BC), also called Ponte San Bartolomeo * Ponte Flaminio (1932–1951) *Ponte Milvio (207 BC; formerly called Ponte Mollo) *Ponte Nomentano (1st century BC) * Ponte Duca d'Aosta (1939–1942) * Ponte della Musica-Armando Trovajoli (2008–2011) * Ponte Risorgimento (1911) * Ponte Matteotti (1929; pre 1945 called Ponte delle Milizie or Ponte Littorio) * Ponte Nenni (1971–1972) * Ponte Regina Margherita (1886–1891, also called Ponte Margherita) *Ponte Cavour (1891–1896) *Ponte Umberto I (1885) *Ponte Sant'Angelo (134, formerly called Pons Aelius (Ponte Elio)) *Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II (1886–1911; also called Ponte Vittorio) * Ponte Principe Amedeo (1942, instead of Ponte dei Fiorentini) * Ponte Mazzini (1904–1908) *Ponte Sisto (1473–1479; instead of Ponte d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lungotevere Portuense
Lungotevere Portuense is the stretch of Lungotevere that links Ponte Sublicio to Ponte Testaccio in Rome (Italy), in the Portuense Quarter. The Lungotevere takes its name from the ancient ''Via Portuensis'', that led to the city of Portus; it has been established as per Deliberation dated July 20, 1887. It houses the Papal Arsenal of Ripa Grande, a former boatyard of the Papal Navy, as well as the remains of the 16th-century Villa della Porta Rodiani: the gate is a little structure attributed to Girolamo Rainaldi. Notes Bibliography *{{cite book, first1=Claudio, last1=Rendina, first2=Donatella, last2=Paradisi, title=Le strade di Roma. 3rd Volume P-Z, date=2004, publisher=Newton Compton Editori, location=Rome, isbn=88-541-0210-5 Portuense Portuense is the 11th ''Quarters of Rome, quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q.XI. The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 15b, in the Municipio XV. The population of the urbanistic area amounts t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rioni Of Rome
A rione of Rome (, pl. ''rioni'') is a traditional administrative division of the city of Rome. "Rione" is an Italian term used since the 14th century to name a district of a town. The term was born in Rome, originating from the administrative divisions of the city. The word comes from the Latin word ''regio'' (pl. ''regiones'', meaning region); during the Middle Ages the Latin word became ''rejones'', from which ''rione'' comes. Currently, all the rioni are located in Municipio I of Rome. Ancient Rome According to tradition, Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome, first divided the city into ''regiones'', numbering four. During administrative reorganization after the Roman Republic collapsed, the first emperor Augustus created the 14 ''regiones'' of Rome that were to remain in effect throughout the Imperial era, as attested by the 4th-century ''Cataloghi regionari'', that name them and provide data for each. All but ''Transtiberim'' (the modern Trastevere) were on the left bank o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Testaccio
Testaccio is the 20th ''rione'' of Rome, identified by the initials R. XX, deriving its name from Monte Testaccio. It is located within the Municipio I. Its coat of arms depicts an ''amphora'', referencing to the broken vessels that Monte Testaccio is made of. History In antiquity, much of the Tiber trade took place here, and the remains of broken clay vessels (amphorae) were stacked creating the artificial Testaccio hill, which today is a source of much archaeological evidence as to the history of ancient everyday Roman life. Until the urban recovery that took place after 1870, which destined a huge area to industrial and manufacturing purposes, the borough was chiefly inhabited by poor farmers and shepherds, it was vulnerable to the Tiber floods and infested by malaria. The zone between Monte Testaccio and the city walls (Prati di Testaccio) was public and commonly used by the citizens as a recreation ground, traditional destination of holiday trips and of the typical ''ott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuense
Portuense is the 11th ''Quarters of Rome, quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q.XI. The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 15b, in the Municipio XV. The population of the urbanistic area amounts to 30.362 inhabitants. There is also a ''suburbio'' (suburb) Portuense (suburbio of Rome), with the same name, identified by the initials S.VII. __TOC__ History Portuense is one of the first 15 ''Quartieri'' born in 1911 and officially established in 1921. It took its name from the ancient Via Portuensis, Via Portuense. Geography The ''quartiere'' is in the southern area of the town, close to the Aurelian Walls and to the river Tiber. The territory of Portuense includes the Administrative subdivision of Rome#Urban subdivision of Rome, urban zones 15B ''Ostiense'' and 15C ''Pian Due Torri'', a great portion of the urban zone 16A ''Marconi'' as well as a little part of the urban zone 16D ''Gianicolense''. Boundaries To the north, Portuense bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viale Aventino
Viale Aventino is a street that links Piazza di Porta Capena and Piazza Albania in Rome (Italy). It marks the boundary between the Rioni of Rome, Rione Ripa (rione of Rome), Ripa (towards the Aventine Hill) and San Saba (rione of Rome), San Saba (towards the Baths of Caracalla).. The street was built in the 1930s as a major route intended for the linking between Via Ostiensis, Via Ostiense, the Roma Porta San Paolo railway station, station of the Rome–Lido railway at Porta San Paolo and the Roma Ostiense railway station: it started from Piazza del Circo Massimo (now Piazza di Porta Capena) and ended in Via Marmorata. The first stretch of the street – giving a view over the Circus Maximus – houses the Palazzo FAO, palace of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), formerly built as the seat of the Ministry of the Colonies (Italy), Ministry of the Colonies; for this reason, the first name of the street, adopted in 1938, was ''Viale Africa''. At that time the urbanization o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma Trastevere Railway Station
Roma Trastevere railway station ( it, Stazione di Roma Trastevere) is a major railway station serving the city and ''comune'' of Rome, Italy. Opened in 1911, it forms part of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome, Rome–Capranica–Viterbo and Rome–Fiumicino railways. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). However, the commercial area of the passenger building is managed by Centostazioni. Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company. Location Roma Trastevere railway station is situated at Piazza Flavio Biondo, southwest of the city centre. It is at the southern end of the Trastevere district, close to the districts of Marconi and Portuense. History The original Roma Trastevere railway station was more centrally located, at Piazza Ippolito Nievo. That station replaced the Roma Porta Portese railway station, which had been opened on 24 April 1859, upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travertine
Travertine ( ) is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs. It often has a fibrous or concentric appearance and exists in white, tan, cream-colored, and even rusty varieties. It is formed by a process of rapid precipitation of calcium carbonate, often at the mouth of a hot spring or in a limestone cave. In the latter, it can form stalactites, stalagmites, and other speleothems. It is frequently used in Italy and elsewhere as a building material. Similar (but softer and extremely porous) deposits formed from ambient-temperature water are known as tufa. Definition Travertine is a sedimentary rock formed by the chemical precipitation of calcium carbonate minerals from fresh water, typically in springs, rivers, and lakes; that is, from surface and ground waters. In the broadest sense, travertine includes deposits in both hot and cold springs, including the porous, spongy rock known as tufa, and also the cave features known as speleot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane. When a relief is carved into a flat surface of stone (relief sculpture) or wood (relief carving), the field is actually lowered, leaving the unsculpted areas seeming higher. The approach requires a lot of chiselling away of the background, which takes a long time. On the other hand, a relief saves forming the rear of a subject, and is less fragile and more securely fixed than a sculpture in the round, especially one of a standing figure where the ankles are a potential weak point, particularly in stone. In other materials such as metal, clay, plaster stucco, ceramics or papier-mâché the form can be simply added to or raised up from the background. Monumental bronze reliefs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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