Ostiense is the 10th ''
quartiere
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'' of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, identified by the initials Q. X.
The toponym comes from the original name of the
Porta San Paolo
The Porta San Paolo (English: Saint Paul Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Via Ostiense Museum (') is housed within the gatehouse.
It is in the Ostiense quarter; just to the west is the Roma ...
, a gate in the city walls of Rome, was , because it was located at the beginning of
Via Ostiense
The Via Ostiensis ( it, via Ostiense) was an important road in ancient Rome. It ran west from the city of Rome to its important sea port of Ostia Antica, from which it took its name. The road began near the Forum Boarium, ran between the Aventin ...
. It now houses the Via Ostiense Museum.
History
In the late 9th century, a fortified settlement developed around 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 village took the name of ''Giovannipoli'' after
Pope John VIII
Pope John VIII ( la, Ioannes VIII; died 16 December 882) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 14 December 872 to his death. He is often considered one of the ablest popes of the 9th century.
John devoted much of his papacy ...
, who built it for defense purposes after a
Saracen
upright 1.5, Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens
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raid.
Ostiense is amongst the first 15
''quartieri'' that sprung in 1911 and were officially established in 1921. It began to sprawl in 1907, after the
mayor
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Ernesto Nathan
Ernesto Nathan (5 October 1848 – 9 April 1921) was an English-Italian politician, and mayor of Rome, Italy from November 1907 to December 1913.
Biography
Nathan was born in London in 1848 to Sara Levi, an Italian from Pesaro, and Mayer Moses ...
promoted the creation of an industrial area at the beginning of the
Via Ostiense
The Via Ostiensis ( it, via Ostiense) was an important road in ancient Rome. It ran west from the city of Rome to its important sea port of Ostia Antica, from which it took its name. The road began near the Forum Boarium, ran between the Aventin ...
; then, after the 1909 town plan was approved, a fluvial harbour, the ''Mercati Generali'', a prominent
gasometer
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and the ''
Centrale Montemartini
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'' (a former power station now housing part of the
Capitoline Museum
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's collection of classical sculpture) were built.
The landmarks in the quarter include the
Centrale Montemartini
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and 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 ...
.
Other landmarks include the
Roma Ostiense railway station
Roma Ostiense is a railway station in Piazza dei Partigiani serving the Ostiense district of Rome, Italy, a short distance from the Porta San Paolo. It is run by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana arm of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane group and the ...
and most of the
University of Rome III campus.
The railway station is home to the Italian
railway company
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Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori
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Commencing services in early 2012, it became Europe' ...
. It is the city's main
hub and home to Italian food market chain
Eataly
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, world's biggest store.
Geography
The ''quartiere'' is positioned in the south metropolitan area of Rome,
Ostiense, Rome, Lazio
TripAdvisor. close to the left bank of the Tiber
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.
It comprises the area near the Via Ostiense
The Via Ostiensis ( it, via Ostiense) was an important road in ancient Rome. It ran west from the city of Rome to its important sea port of Ostia Antica, from which it took its name. The road began near the Forum Boarium, ran between the Aventin ...
from the Porta San Paolo
The Porta San Paolo (English: Saint Paul Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Via Ostiense Museum (') is housed within the gatehouse.
It is in the Ostiense quarter; just to the west is the Roma ...
to the Magliana Viaduct. The neighborhood of Garbatella is comprised within its official borders.
The territory of the quarter includes the urban zone 11A ''Ostiense'' of the Municipio VIII.
Boundaries
The ''quartiere'' borders, to the north, with ''Rione'' 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 Test ...
(R. XX), from which is separated by the stretch of the Aurelian Walls between the river Tiber
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and Porta San Paolo
The Porta San Paolo (English: Saint Paul Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Via Ostiense Museum (') is housed within the gatehouse.
It is in the Ostiense quarter; just to the west is the Roma ...
, and with ''Rione'' San Saba (R. XXI), from which is separated by the stretch of the Aurelian Walls between the said Porta San Paolo and Porta Ardeatina
Porta Ardeatina was one of the gates of the Aurelian Walls in Rome (Italy).
The gate was built in the time of Nero. It stands at an angle in the Aurelian Walls.
It was placed in a halfway point between Porta Appia and Porta San Paolo, close t ...
.
Eastward, the ''quartiere'' shares a border with ''Quartiere'' Ardeatino
Ardeatino is the 20th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XX. It belongs to the Municipio I and VIII.
Geography Boundaries
Northward, the ''quartiere'' borders with ''rioni'' San Saba (R. XXI) and Celio (R. XIX). Ea ...
(Q. XX), whose boundary is outlined by a portion of 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 ...
, between Via di Porta Ardeatina
Porta Ardeatina was one of the gates of the Aurelian Walls in Rome (Italy).
The gate was built in the time of Nero. It stands at an angle in the Aurelian Walls.
It was placed in a halfway point between Porta Appia and Porta San Paolo, close t ...
and Via Laurentina
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The ancient road
The question of the nomenclature of the group of roads between the Via Ardeatina and the Via Ostiensis is somewhat ...
, and by a stretch of Via Laurentina itself, between Via Cristoforo Colombo and Via delle Tre Fontane.
Southward, Ostiense borders with ''Quartiere'' Europa
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Places
* Europe
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* Europa (Seville Metro), Seville, Spain; a station on the Seville Metro
* Europa City, Paris, France; a planned development
* Europa Cliff ...
(Q. XXXII), from which is separated by Via delle Tre Fontane and by the Magliana Viaduct.
To the west, Ostiense borders with ''Quartiere'' Portuense
Portuense is the 11th ''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 ...
(Q. XI), the border being marked by the stretch of the Tiber
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between the Magliana Viaduct and Ponte dell'Industria
Ponte dell'Industria, also known as Ponte di ferro ( en, iron bridge), is a bridge that connects via del Porto Fluviale to via Antonio Pacinotti, in Rome, in the neighborhoods Ostiense and Portuense.
History
It was built between 1862 and 1863 b ...
.
Local geography
The main roads and squares of ''Quartiere'' Ostiense are:
* Via Ostiense
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, which starts from Piazzale Ostiense and links the city to Ostia and the sea;
* Circonvallazione Ostiense, which crosses the Line B subway and links Via Ostiense to Via Cristoforo Colombo
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;
* Viale Leonardo da Vinci
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, a long artery parallel to Via Ostiense;
* Viale Guglielmo Marconi
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, that connects the borough to the nearby ''Quartiere'' Portuense
Portuense is the 11th ''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 ...
;
* Largo delle Sette Chiese, with a monument to the Resistenza
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in the middle;
* Piazza Damiano Sauli, the center of the Garbatella neighborhood;
* Piazzale di San Paolo, flanking the same-name basilica
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and the vast park dedicated to Ildefonso Schuster
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.
The squares and the roads of the ''quartiere'' are chiefly named after explorers and missionaries. Local toponyms can be categorized as follows:
* Abbeys, e.g. Farfa, Fossanova
Fossanova Abbey, earlier Fossa Nuova, is a church that was formerly a Cistercian abbey located near the railway-station of Priverno in Latina, Italy, about south-east of Rome.
History
Fossanova is one of the finest examples of early Burgundia ...
, Gibilmanna, Nonantola
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History
In ancient times the territory of Nonantola ...
, Oropa
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, Trisulti;
* Explorers and seamen, e.g. Giovanni Battista Belzoni
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, Vito Bering, Vittorio Bottego
Vittorio Bottego (; Parma, 29 July 1860 – Dhaga Roba, 17 March 1897) was an Italian army officer and one of the first Western explorers of Jubaland in the Horn of Africa (now part of Gidami, West Wellega Ethiopia), where he led two expedition ...
, Alvise Cadamosto
Alvise Cadamosto or Alvise da Ca' da Mosto (, also known in Portuguese as ''Luís Cadamosto''; c. 1432 – 18 July 1488) was a Venetian explorer and slave trader, who was hired by the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator and undertook two known ...
, Federico Nansen, Antonio Pigafetta
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, Antoniotto Usodimare
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, Giovanni da Verrazzano
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He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlantic ...
;
* Missionaries, e.g. Geremia Bonomelli
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Born in Corte ...
, Daniele Comboni
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, Giustino de Jacobis
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, Guglielmo Massaia
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, Ricoldo da Montecroce, Odorico da Pordenone;
* Naval engineers and entrepreneurs, e.g. Giovanni Ansaldo, Benedetto Brin
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, Alessandro Cialdi
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* Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
* Alessandro Baricco ...
, Enrico Cravero, Vittorio Cuniberti
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Life and career
Born in Turin, he joined the Genio Na ...
, Giacinto Pullino, Giancarlo Vallauri;
* Notable women, e.g. Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi
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, Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi, Caterina Sforza
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, Anna Maria Taigi
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;
* Places related to Saint Paul
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, e.g. Corinto, Damasco, Efeso, Filippi, Tarso, Tessalonica;
* Playwrights, e.g. Luigi Antonelli, Silvio D'Amico
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, Ernesto Murolo Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:
* ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...
, Ruzzante, Alessandro Varaldo;
* Roman emperors, e.g. Alessandro Severo
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, Antonino Pio, Costantino Costantino is both a masculine Italian given name and an Italian surname. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name
*Costantino Affer (1906–1987), Italian medallist
*Costantino Barbella (1853–1925), Italian sculptor
*Cost ...
, Galba
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, Giustiniano, Teodosio, Tiberio, Tito
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* Roberto Arias (1918–1989), aka Tito, Panamanian international lawyer, diplomat, and journ ...
, Valentiniano;
* Scientists, e.g. Ugo Amaldi, Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti, Filippo Eredia, Tullio Levi Civita, Macedonio Melloni
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Life
Born at Parma, in 1824 he was appointed professor at the local Uni ...
, Umberto Nistri, Nicola Parravano, Salvatore Pincherle
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, Albert Sabin
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, Giuseppe Veratti, Vito Volterra
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Biography
Born in Anc ...
.
Places of interest
Churches
* 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 ...
* San Benedetto
* San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in southern Rome, dedicated to Francis Xavier.
History
San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella was built in 1931–33.
Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyła ...
* Santa Galla
* San Filippo Neri in Eurosia
* Santi Isidoro ed Eurosia
* Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola
Archaeological sites
* Catacomb of Saint Thecla
The Catacomb of Saint Thecla is a Christian catacomb in the city of Rome, near the Via Ostiense and the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, in the southern quarter of the ancient city. The catacomb was constructed in the fourth century of t ...
Museums
* Centrale Montemartini
The Capitoline Museums (Italian: ''Musei Capitolini'') are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Pal ...
External links
Official boundaries of Ostiense (Google Maps)
References
Ostiense
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