Nomentano is the 5th ''

quartiere A (; plural: ) is a territorial subdivision of certain Italian towns. The word derives from (‘fourth’) and was thus properly used only for towns divided into four neighborhoods by the two main roads. It has been later used as a synonymous ...

'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. V. The name derives from the ancient road

Via Nomentana Via Nomentana is an ancient road of Italy, leading North-East from Rome to Nomentum (modern Mentana), a distance of . It originally bore the name "Via Ficulensis", from the old Latin village of Ficulea, about from Rome. It was subsequently exte ...

. It belongs to the Municipio II.

History

Nomentano is among the first 15 quarters of the city, which were born in 1911 and officially established in 1921. It took its name from the

. Its construction dates back to the end of 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century: characteristic architecture of that period can be seen in the area surrounding the

Policlinico Umberto I Located in the Quartiere San Lorenzo, the Policlinico Umberto I of Rome is the polyclinic of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Sapienza Università di Roma. The second largest public hospital in Italy (after the Policlinico Sant'Orsola-M ...

, itself completed in 1902. The quarter rapidly developed as a residential area during the fascist '' ventennio'' and immediately after the

II World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

: during the latter, the area has been subject to harsh bombardments, among which the one that took place in 1944 is remembered as the third biggest air raid over Rome for its destructiveness and the number of casualties. The quarter hosts a large Jewish community in the area around Piazza Bologna and the synagogue in Via Padova.

Geography

It is located in the north-western area of the city, very close to the Aurelian Walls. The territory of the ''quartiere'', whose shape recalls that of an irregular triangle, sits on a slight wold. It also includes the urban zone 3A ''Nomentano''.

Urban planning

The quarter is crossed by two relevant routes, the road axis of Viale Regina Elena and Viale Regina Margherita, a rectilinear artery connecting

Parioli Parioli () is the 2nd ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. II. The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 2B of the '' Municipio Roma II''. The name comes from Monti Parioli, a series of tufa hills, and was given ...

to the

Campo Verano The Campo Verano (Italian: ''Cimitero del Verano'') is a cemetery in Rome, Italy, founded in the early 19th century. The monumental cemetery is currently divided into sections: the Jewish cemetery, the Catholic cemetery, and the monument to the ...

cemetery, and the road axis of Viale del Policlinico, Via Morgagni and Viale della Lega Lombarda, linking

Via Tiburtina Via Tiburtina is an ancient road in Italy leading east-northeast from Rome to Tivoli (Latin, Tibur) and then, with the via Valeria, on to Pescara (Latin, Aternum). Historical road It was probably built by the Roman censor Marcus Valerius Maxi ...

with Porta Pia and Corso d'Italia. The bridge of Ponte Lanciani, moreover, brings in a huge traffic flow from the adjacent quarter of Pietralata. The road system is mostly modern. Just Via Torlonia, Via de'Rossi and Via Tomassini (the roads corresponding to the ancient Vicolo di Pietralata) as well as the streets surrounding Villa Blanc belong to the original urban tissue of the early 20th century. The area among Via Nomentana, Viale del Policlinico and Via di Villa Massimo is the elegant portion of the quarter, with refined cottages and small buildings built between 19th and 20th centuries. Just behind Viale Ventuno Aprile and Piazza Bologna, as well as along Viale delle Province, is a well-maintained council housing area dating back to the 1930s. Another pretty council housing area (the so-called ''Quartiere Sant'Ippolito'' or ''Tiburtino II'') is located between the

and the station of the same name. It is among the smallest quarters of the city, with a moderate population density: about 75.000 inhabitants which, on average, belong to a medium-high social class. Data reveals a high aging index and a high immigration rate. Moreover, given the position of the quarter and the presence of tertiary poles and office buildings, above average levels of traffic and pollution have been observed.

Boundaries

The quarter borders: * to the north-west, with the quarter Q. IV Salario, from which it is separated by the stretch of Via Nomentana between Piazzale di Porta Pia and Viale Regina Margherita; and with Q. XVII

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

, whose limit is marked by the stretch of Via Nomentana between Viale Regina Margherita and the FL1 regional railway; * to the east, with the quarter Q. XXI Pietralata, along the stretch of the Tangenziale Est between Via Nomentana and

; * to the south, with the quarter VI

Tiburtino Tiburtino is the 6th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. VI. The name derives from the ancient road Via Tiburtina. It belongs to the Municipio II, Municipio IV and Municipio V. History Nomentano is among the first 15 q ...

, from which it is separated by the stretch of Via Tiburtina between the Tangenziale Est and Via del Castro Laurenziano, by Via del Castro Laurenziano itself and by Viale dell' Università up until the Aurelian Walls; * to the south-west, with the ''

rione A (; plural: ) is a neighbourhood in several Italian cities. A is a territorial subdivision. The larger administrative subdivisions in Rome are the , with the being used only in the historic centre. The word derives from the Latin , the 14 su ...

'' R. XVIII

Castro Pretorio Castro Pretorio is the 18th ''rione'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials R. XVIII, and it is located within the Municipio I. The ''rione'' takes its name by the ruins of the '' Castrum Praetorium'', the barracks of the Praetorian Guard, ...

, along the stretch of the Aurelian Walls between Viale dell'Università and Piazzale di Porta Pia.

Odonymy

The majority of the streets and squares of the area around Piazza Bologna and Viale delle Province is named after Italian provinces (hence the nickname ''Nomentano - Italia''), whilst around the

there is a group of street named after physicians and anatomists. Other roads are named after archaeologists (mainly in the area around Villa Torlonia) and after medieval personalities or events. The odonyms of the ''quartiere'' can be categorized as follows: * Archaeologists, e.g. Piazza

Mariano Armellini Mariano Armellini (7 February 1852 – 24 February 1896) was an Italian archaeologist and historian. Born in Rome, he was one of the founders of the Pontifical Academy of Martyrs. He is the author of ''Gli antichi cimiteri cristiani di Roma e d' ...

, Via Costantino Corvisieri, Via

Giovanni Battista de Rossi Giovanni Battista (Carlo) de Rossi (23 February 1822 – 20 September 1894) was an Italian archaeologist, famous even outside his field for rediscovering early Christian catacombs. Life and works Born in Rome, he was the son of Commendatore Cam ...

, Via Ariodante Fabretti, Piazza Domenico Gnoli, Largo and Via

Rodolfo Lanciani Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1 January 1845 – 22 May 1929) was an Italian archaeologist, a pioneering student of ancient Roman topography. Among his many excavations was that of the House of the Vestals in the Roman Forum. Lanciani earned LL.D. ...

, Piazza

Orazio Marucchi Orazio Marucchi (1852 - January 1931, Rome) was an Italian archaeologist and author of the ''Manual of Christian Archaeology''. He served as Professor of Christian Archaeology at the University of Rome and director of the Christian and Egyptian mu ...

, Via Famiano Nardini, Via

Antonio Nibby Antonio Nibby (October 4, 1792 at Rome – December 29, 1839 at Rome) was an Italian archaeologist and topographer. Nibby was a critic of the history of ancient art and from 1812 in service to the Vatican worked to excavate the monuments of ...

, Via Giuseppe Vasi, Piazza Giovanni Winckelmann. PROVINCE12

* Italian provinces and historical regions, e.g. Viale and Piazzale delle

Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

, Via Carnia, Via

Catanzaro Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its p ...

, Via

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

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Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as one o ...

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Imperia Imperia (; lij, Inpêia or ) is a coastal city and ''comune'' in the Regions of Italy, region of Liguria, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Imperia, and historically it was capital of the ''Intemelia'' district of Liguria. Benito Muss ...

, Piazza

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

, Via

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

, Via della

Marsica Marsica is a geographical and historical region in the Abruzzo, central Italy, including 37 ''comuni'' in the province of L'Aquila. It is located between the plain of the former Fucine Lake, the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, the pla ...

, Piazza

Massa Carrara The province of Massa-Carrara ( it, provincia di Massa-Carrara) is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. It is named after the provincial capital Massa, and Carrara, the other main town in the province. History The province of "M ...

, Via

Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

, Via

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

, Via

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

, Via

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

, Piazza

Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

. * Middle Age personalities and events, e.g. Piazza delle Crociate, Via Eleonora d'Arborea, Via Giovanni da Procida, Via della Lega Lombarda, Via

Lorenzo il Magnifico Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492) was an Italian statesman, banker, ''de facto'' ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo ...

, Largo Guido Mazzoni, Via Michele di Lando, Piazza Ruggero di Sicilia, Via Stamira, Via Teodolinda, Via

Teodorico Teodorico or Theodorico is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Teodorico Teo Fabi (born 1955), Italian race car driver * Teodorico Boyet Fernandez (born 1971), Filipino former basketball player and coach * Teodorico Pedrini (1671–1746), ...

, Piazza Vespri Siciliani. * Physicians and anatomists, e.g. Via

Mondino de Luzzi Mondino de Luzzi, or de Liuzzi or de Lucci,The family name is spelled variously: Liucci, Lucci, Luzzi or Luzzo (Latin: de Luciis, de Liuccis, de Leuciis); the ''dei'' may be contracted to ''de'' or ''de''. SeeGiorgi, P.P. (2004) "Mondino de' Li ...

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Gabriele Falloppio Gabriele Falloppio (also Gabrielle Falloppia) (1522/23 – 9 October 1562) was an Italian anatomist often known by his Latin name Fallopius. He was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century, giving his name ...

, Via Gerolamo Fracastoro, Piazza Galeno, Viale Ippocrate, Via Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Via

Marcello Malpighi Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by several phy ...

, Largo Ettore Marchiafava, Via

Giovanni Battista Morgagni Giovanni Battista Morgagni (25 February 1682 – 6 December 1771) was an Italian anatomist, generally regarded as the father of modern anatomical pathology, who taught thousands of medical students from many countries during his 56 years as Prof ...

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Augusto Murri Augusto Murri (8 September 1841, Fermo - 11 November 1932, Bologna) was an Italian physician. Appointed to the Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Bologna in 1875, he was regarded as one of the most illustrious clinical doctors and in ...

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Francesco Redi Francesco Redi (18 February 1626 – 1 March 1697) was an Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet. He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology", and as the "father of modern parasitology". He was the first person to cha ...

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Lazzaro Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani (; 12 January 1729 – 11 February 1799) was an Italian Catholic priest (for which he was nicknamed Abbé Spallanzani), biologist and physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily function ...

, Via Andrea Vesalio, Via Paolo Zacchia.

Places of interest

Civil buildings

* Villino Ximenes, in Piazza Galeno. A 20th-century

liberty style Liberty style ( it, Stile Liberty) was the Italian variant of Art Nouveau, which flourished between about 1890 and 1914. It was also sometimes known as ''stile floreale'', ''arte nuova'', or ''stile moderno''. It took its name from Arthur Lasenby ...

cottage (1902). :designed by architect

Ettore Ximenes Ettore Ximenes (11 April 1855, Palermo 20 December 1926, Rome) was an Italian sculptor. Biography Son of Antonio Ximenes and Giulia Tolentino, a Sicilian noble woman, Ettore Ximenes initially embarked on literary studies but then took up scul ...

. * Villino Wille, in Via Andrea Cesalpino. A 20th-century cottage (1907). :designed by architect Ernst Wille. * Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, in Viale Castro Pretorio. Modernist building (1975). :designed by architects Massimo Castellazzi, Tullio Dell'Anese and Annibale Vitellozzi. * Città del Sole, between Via della Lega Lombarda and Via Arduino. A 21st-century architectural complex (2010–15). :designed by Studio Labics.

Religious buildings

* Church of Santa Francesca Cabrini, in Via della Marsica. * Church of Corpus Domini, in Via Nomentana * Church of San Giuseppe a via Nomentana * Church of Sant'Ippolito, in Viale delle Provincie * Church Sant'Angela Merici, in Via Bartolomeo Marliano * Church of Sant'Orsola, in Via Livorno * Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi, in Via Giovanni Battista De Rossi * Church of Santi Sette Fondatori, in Via Bari

Villas

* Villa Torlonia, in Via Nomentana. * Villa Mirafiori, in Via Carlo Fea (1878). *

Villa Massimo Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo ( it, Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo), is a German cultural institution in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo. The fellowship of the German Academy in Rom ...

, in Largo di Villa Massimo (1913). * Villa Blanc, in Via Nomentana.

Other

* Monument to the

Guardia di Finanza The ''Guardia di Finanza'' (G. di F. or GdF) () (English: literal: ''Guard of Finance'', paraphrased: ''Financial Police'' or ''Financial Guard'') is an Italian law enforcement agency under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance. ...

fallen of the

I World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

, in Largo XXI Aprile (designed by

Amleto Cataldi Amleto Cataldi (2 November 1886 – 10 September 1930) was an Italian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 19 ...

in 1930). * Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, in Piazzale di Porta Pia. *

, in Viale del Policlinico. *

Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze The Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze (), or more formally L'Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, and also called the Accademia dei XL (), is Italy's national academy of science. Its offices are located within the Villino Rosso, at the co ...

, inside Villa Torlonia.

References

External links

* {{Cite web, url=https://www.comune.roma.it/web/it/municipio-ii.page, title=Municipio Roma II, website=Roma Capitale