Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII (ex-Municipio XI) of Rome ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'', Italy, in the

Ostiense Ostiense is the 10th ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. X. The toponym comes from the original name of the Porta San Paolo, a gate in the city walls of Rome, was , because it was located at the beginning of Via Ostiense. It no ...

quarter of Rome The Quarters of Rome (Italian: ''quartieri di Roma'') are the areas in and around the Italian city of Rome which became urbanised after the foundation of the last city-centre rione, Prati. They form the second level of administrative sub-division ...

. Its population counts nearly 45,000.

History

Garbatella was founded on February 18, 1920, on an estate bearing the same name, lying on a hill adjacent to the

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( it, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as Saint Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the ...

. The older section of the area is divided into project units ( it, lotto), each of them made of several buildings grouped together around a common garden, a design that was borrowed from the English

Garden city movement The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, industry, and ...

. The garden serves as an informal meeting point for all the families that live in the buildings. The area expanded rapidly and by 1930 it had the highest population density in Rome.

Places of interest

*The Teatro Palladium, an historic theatre in Rome, now run by

Roma Tre University Roma Tre UniversityUniroma3.it
( it, Università degli Studi Roma Tre) is an Italian Via Cristoforo Colombo Via Cristoforo Colombo (or just ''la Colombo'', as it is often called by the Romans; ) is a street in Rome (Italy) that links the historic centre to Ostia. Along most of its route, the street has three lanes for each direction of movement. With ...

, the imposing building of the Regional Council of Lazio region.

Transport

* Garbatella

Line B (Rome Metro) Line B is a metro line serving Rome, Italy, and part of the Rome Metro. Despite its name, Line B was the first line to be built in the city. It crosses Rome diagonally from north-east, starting at Rebibbia and at Jonio stations, to south, ter ...

station.

People

Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the ...

, the incumbent

Prime Minister of Italy The Prime Minister of Italy, officially the President of the Council of Ministers ( it, link=no, Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri), is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is ...

, grew up in Garbatella.

References

External links

* {{Coord, 41.860548, 12.488151, type:landmark, display=title Subdivisions of Rome Rome Q. X Ostiense