Pinciano is the 3rd ''
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. III. The name derives from the
Pincian Hill
The Pincian Hill (; it, Pincio ; la, Mons Pincius) is a hill in the northeast quadrant of the historical centre of Rome. The hill lies to the north of the Quirinal, overlooking the Campus Martius. It was outside the original boundaries of th ...
. It belongs to the
Municipio II.
History
Pinciano is among the first 15 ''
quartieri'' of the city, originally delimited in 1911 and officially established in 1921. Previously, it was informally called Quartiere Sebastiani or Quartiere Pinciano (limited to the part between Via Pinciana and Via Salaria) or even Quartiere dei Fiumi (District of the Rivers), since several streets, near to the border with ''quartiere''
Salario, were named after Italian rivers.
Later, the ''quartiere'' was named Vittorio Emanuele III after the
King of Italy
King of Italy ( it, links=no, Re d'Italia; la, links=no, Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The first to take the title was Odoacer, a barbarian military leader ...
, but in 1946 it regained its original name.
Coat of arms
''
Vert'' poplar (of
Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 unti ...
) on ''
or'' background.
Geography
The ''quartiere'' is located in the northern area of the city, close to the
Aurelian Walls.
Boundaries
Northward, the ''quartiere'' borders with
Parioli (Q. II), from which is separated by the whole Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski, by the whole Viale dei Parioli and by the whole Viale Liegi, up to
Via Salaria
The Via Salaria was an ancient Roman road in Italy.
It eventually ran from Rome (from Porta Salaria of the Aurelian Walls) to ''Castrum Truentinum'' ( Porto d'Ascoli) on the Adriatic coast, a distance of 242 km. The road also passed throug ...
.
Eastward, it borders with the ''quartiere''
Salario (Q. IV), whose boundary is marked by the stretch of Via Salaria, between
Viale Regina Margherita and Piazza Fiume.
Southward, it borders with the ''rione''
Ludovisi (R. XVI), the boundary being outlined by the Aurelian walls alongside
Corso d'Italia, from Piazza Fiume up to Piazzale Brasile (
Porta Pinciana
Porta Pinciana is a gate of the Aurelian Walls in Rome.
The name derives from the ''gens'' Pincia, who owned the eponymous hill (Pincian Hill). In ancient times it was also called ''Porta Turata'' ("Plugged Gate", for it was partially closed) ...
). To the south, it also borders with the ''rione''
Campo Marzio
Campo Marzio is the 4th ''rione'' of Rome, identified by the initials R. IV. It belongs to the Municipio I and covers a smaller section of the area of the ancient ''Campus Martius''. The logo of this rione is a silver crescent on a blue backgrou ...
(R. IV), from which is separated by the stretch of the Aurelian walls alongside Viale del
Muro Torto, from Piazzale Brasile up to Piazzale Flaminio (
Porta del Popolo
The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio.
History
The previous name was ''Porta Flaminia'', because the consular Via Flaminia ...
).
Westward, it borders with
Flaminio (R. I), whose border is marked by
Via Flaminia, between Piazzale Flaminio (Porta del Popolo) and Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski.
Local geography
The main roads and squares of the ''quartiere'' are:
* Corso d'Italia and Viale del Muro Torto, two important arteries of the city, running beside the Aurelian Walls;
* Viale Bruno Buozzi, passing through the whole borough;
* Piazza Euclide, which is regarded as the center of the ''quartiere'' and is often mistakenly thought to be located in Parioli;
* Piazza Don Giovanni Minzoni, a wide rectangular square with a large garden in the middle, the ''Giardino Armida Barelli''.
The streets and squares of the ''quartiere'' are mainly named after scientists, artists and musicians. Local toponyms can be categorized as follows:
* Astronomers, e.g.
Giovanni Schiaparelli
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli ( , also , ; 14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian.
Biography
He studied at the University of Turin, graduating in 1854, and later did research at Berlin Observatory, ...
and
Pietro Tacchini
Pietro Tacchini (March 21, 1838 – March 24, 1905) was an Italian astronomer.
He was born and raised in Modena, Italy. He studied engineering at the University of Padova. At the age of 21, he was appointed the director of a small observato ...
;
* Botanists, e.g.
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 – 4 May 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carl Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the father of natural history st ...
,
Giuseppe Cuboni,
Giuseppe De Notaris
Giuseppe De Notaris (18 April 1805, Milan – 22 January 1877) was an Italian botanist generally known for his work with cryptogams native to Italy.
He studied medicine at the University of Pavia, obtaining his medical degree in 1830. Having dev ...
,
Carlo Linneo, Giuseppe Mangili,
Michele Mercati
Michele Mercati (8 April 1541 – 25 June 1593) was a physician who was superintendent of the Vatican Botanical Garden under Popes Pius V, Gregory XIII, Sixtus V, and Clement VIII. He was one of the first scholars to recognise prehistoric ston ...
,
Pietro Antonio Micheli, Francesco Eulalio Savastano;
* Geologists, e.g. Adolfo Cancani,
Bartolomeo Gastaldi
Bartolomeo Gastaldi (10 February 1818 – 5 January 1879) was an Italian geologist and palæontologist, and one of the founders of the Club Alpino Italiano.
Gastaldi was born in Turin, then capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia. As a child he develo ...
,
Alessandro Serpieri;
* Mathematicians, e.g.
Archimede,
Giovanni Antonelli, Domenico Chelini,
Guidubaldo Del Monte,
Euclid
Euclid (; grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the '' Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of ...
e,
Giovanni Antonio Plana, Feliciano Scarpellini, Alberto Tonelli,
Barnaba Tortolini
Barnaba Tortolini (19 November 1808 – 24 August 1874) was a 19th-century Italian priest and mathematician who played an early active role in advancing the scientific unification of the Italian states. He founded the first Italian scientific ...
;
* Physicians and physiologists, e.g.
Carlo Allioni,
Domenico Cirillo
Domenico Maria Leone Cirillo FRS ( Grumo Nevano, Kingdom of Naples 10 April 1739Naples 29 October 1799) was an Italian physician, entomologist, botanist and patriot.
Professional life
Appointed while still young to a botanical professorship, C ...
,
Filippo Civinini
Filippo Civinini (20 September 1805 – 11 May 1844) was an Italian anatomist from Pistoia. He is remembered for contributions made in the field of osteology, in particular the cranium.
He studied medicine in Pistoia and Pisa, where in 1825 he e ...
,
Luigi Luciani,
Atto Tigri
Atto Tigri (22 May 1813 – 1875) was an Italian anatomist born in Pistoia.
He studied medicine in Pistoia and at the University of Pisa, where he became an assistant to Filippo Civinini (1805–1844). Later he was a professor of human and com ...
,
Antonio Vallisneri
Antonio Vallisneri ( Trassilico,3 May 1661 – Padua, 18 January 1730), also rendered as ''Antonio Vallisnieri'', was an Italian medical scientist, physician and naturalist.
Life
Vallisneri was born in Trassilico, a small village in Garfagnana, ...
;
* Musicians, e.g.
Gregorio Allegri
Gregorio Allegri (17 February 1652) was a Roman Catholic priest and Italian composer of the Roman School and brother of Domenico Allegri; he was also a singer. He was born"Allegri, Gregorio" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newne ...
,
Luigi Boccherini
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and ''galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major Europea ...
,
Gaetano Donizetti,
Gerolamo Frescobaldi,
Benedetto Marcello
Benedetto Giacomo Marcello (; 31 July or 1 August 1686 – 24 July 1739) was an Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher.
Life
Born in Venice, Benedetto Marcello was a member of a noble family and in his compositions he is f ...
,
Saverio Mercadante,
Giovanni Paisiello
Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini.
Life
Paisiello was born in T ...
,
Giovanni Pacini,
Jacopo Peri
Jacopo Peri (20 August 156112 August 1633), known under the pseudonym Il Zazzerino, was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote th ...
,
Ildebrando Pizzetti
Ildebrando Pizzetti (20 September 1880 – 13 February 1968) was an Italian composer of classical music, musicologist, and music critic.
Biography
Pizzetti was born in Parma in 1880. He was part of the "Generation of 1880" along with Ottorino ...
,
Amilcare Ponchielli,
Pietro Raimondi,
Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards ...
,
Nicola Spinelli,
Giuseppe Verdi;
* Artists, e.g.
Giuseppe Ceracchi
Giuseppe Ceracchi (also known as ''Giuseppe Cirachi'') (4 July 1751 – 30 January 1801) was an Italian sculptor, active in a Neoclassic style in Italy, England and the nascent United States, who was a passionate republican during the American a ...
,
Sebastiano Conca
Sebastiano Conca (8 January 1680 – 1 September 1764) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born at Gaeta, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and apprenticed in Naples under Francesco Solimena. In 1706, along with his brother Giovanni, who ...
,
Cavalier d'Arpino
Giuseppe Cesari (14 February 1568 – 3 July 1640) was an Italian Mannerist painter, also named Il Giuseppino and called ''Cavaliere d'Arpino'', because he was created ''Cavaliere di Cristo'' by his patron Pope Clement VIII. He was much patroniz ...
,
Carlo Dolci,
Antonio Pollaiolo,
Pomarancio,
Pietro Paolo Rubens,
Sassoferrato,
Thorvaldsen,
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 ...
;
* Politicians, e.g. Bruno Buozzi,
Maresciallo Pilsudski.
* Rivers, e.g.
Aniene,
Cremera
The Cremera is a Italian stream in Lazio (and previously in Etruria) which runs past Sacrofano, Formello, and Campagnano di Roma before falling into the Tiber about north of Rome. It connects to the Tiber just as the Via Flaminia intersects the ...
,
Isonzo,
Livenza
The Livenza ( la, Liquentia, fur, Livence, vec, Łivensa) is a river in the Italian provinces of Pordenone, Treviso and Venice. Its source is near Polcenigo and Caneva in Pordenone. It flows in a southeasterly direction past Sacile and forms t ...
,
Po,
Tevere.
Monuments and places of interest
![Architettura Valle Giulia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Architettura_Valle_Giulia.jpg)
Palaces and other buildings
*
Palazzo Borromeo, on the corner of Via Flaminia and Via delle Belle Arti. 16th-century building (1561).
*
Villa Strohl Fern, on Viale David Lubin. 19th-century
eclectic
Eclectic may refer to:
Music
* ''Eclectic'' (Eric Johnson and Mike Stern album), 2014
* ''Eclectic'' (Big Country album), 1996
* Eclectic Method, name of an audio-visual remix act
* Eclecticism in music, the conscious use of styles alien to th ...
building.
* Former Istituto Cabrini – General house of the
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic female religious congregation, founded in 1880 by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. Their aim is to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart by means of spiritual and corporal works ...
, in Via Ulisse Aldovrandi. 19th-century building.
:In 1981 it has been transformed into the
Aldrovandi Villa Borghese Hotel.
*
Villa Marignoli, in Via Po on the corner of Corso d'Italia. 20th-century building (1907).
* Villa Serena, in Via Carlo Dolci. 20th-century
neogothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
building (1909).
: It is the project for the adaptation of a noble casino by architect Garibaldi Burba.
* Former headquarters of the
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato
The Italian Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS) (State Mint and Polygraphic Institute), founded in 1928, is situated at the via Salaria 691 in Rome. As well as producing coins, passports, and postage stamps for Italy, it serves the mic ...
, in Piazza Giuseppe Verdi. 20th-century eclectic building (1913–18)
:Project by architect Garibaldi Burba. It was the seat of the Istituto until 2010.
*
Villino Titta Ruffo, in Via Sassoferrato. 20th-century building (1919).
* Villa Ambron, in Via delle Tre Madonne. 20th-century building in the typical 1920s style known as ''Barocchetto romano'' (1920).
:Project by architect
Marcello Piacentini
Marcello Piacentini (8 December 1881 – 19 May 1960) was an Italian urban theorist and one of the main proponents of Italian Fascist architecture.
Biography
Born in Rome, he was the son of architect Pio Piacentini. When he was only 26, he was ...
.
*
Villino Astaldi, in Via Saverio Mercadante on the corner of Via Nicolò Porpora. 20th-century building (1920–23).
* Palazzina Marchi, in Via Giacomo Carissimi. 20th-century building (1924) in ''Barocchetto romano'' style.
:Project by architect Mario Marchi.
*
Villino Alatri, in Via Giovanni Paisiello. 20th-century building (1924–28).
* Palazzina Giorgi, in Via Antonio Bertoloni. 20th-century building (1927) in ''Barocchetto romano'' style.
:Project by engineer Oscar Giorgi Alberti.
* Palazzina Virgili, in Via Angelo Secchi. 20th-century
rationalist building (1929).
:Project by architect Pietro Aschieri commissioned by Filippo Virgili. In 1933 it became the residence of the daughter of
Benito Mussolini,
Edda
"Edda" (; Old Norse ''Edda'', plural ''Eddur'') is an Old Norse term that has been attributed by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the ''Prose Edda'' and an older collection of poems ...
, with her husband
Galeazzo Ciano
Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari ( , ; 18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944) was an Italian diplomat and politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of his father-in-law, Benito Mussolini, from 1936 until 1 ...
.
* Palazzina Acerbo, in Via Nicolò Tartaglia. 20th-century building (1930) in ''Barocchetto romano'' style.
:Project by architect
Guido Fiorini
Guido Fiorini (1897–1966) was an Italian engineer, architect and art director.Poretti p.128 He was associated with the futurist movement.
Selected filmography
* ''Loyalty of Love'' (1934)
* '' Just Married'' (1934)
* ''Red Passport'' (1935)
* ' ...
commissioned by the ''
gerarca
During the Fascist rule in Italy, a ''gerarca'' ( it, member of a hierarchy, plural: ''gerarchi'') was a higher officer of the National Fascist Party (PNF).
The highest ''gerarchi'', up to the Federal Secretary, were members of the National Counc ...
''
Giacomo Acerbo
Giacomo Acerbo, Baron of Aterno (25 July 1888 – 9 January 1969) was an Italian economist and politician who drafted the Acerbo Law.
Early life
He was born to an old family of the local nobility of Loreto Aprutino.
He was educated in Pi ...
. It is currently the seat of the Embassy of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
Religious buildings
*
Santa Teresa d'Ávila, minor basilica in Corso d'Italia.
*
Santa Maria Immacolata a Villa Borghese, in
Piazza di Siena.
*
Madonna dell'Arco Oscuro, in Viale delle Belle Arti, near the
National Etruscan Museum
The National Etruscan Museum ( it, Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is a museum of the Etruscan civilization, housed in the Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy.
History
The villa was built for Pope Julius III, for whom it was named. It remained in papal prope ...
.
*
Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria, in Piazza Euclide. 20th-century church (1923–51).
*
Sant'Eugenio, minor basilica in Viale delle Belle Arti.
*
Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù in Panfilo, at the crossroads between Via Giovanni Paisiello and Via Gaspare Spontini.
*
Santa Maria della Pace ai Parioli, in viale Bruno Buozzi.
Archaeological sites
*
Fountain of Anna Perenna, votive fountain of the 4th century BC.
:Dedicated to the
homonymous Goddess, it was discovered in 1999 at the crossroads between Via Guidubaldo del Monte and Piazza Euclide.
[Marina Piranomonte, Francisco Marco Simón ]
The Daemon and the Nymph: Abraxas and Anna Perenna
'', on ''Bollettino di Archeologia on line'' I 2010/ Special volume D / D8 / 1, edited by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Directorate General for the antiquities.
*
Mausoleum of Lucilius Paetus, in Via Salaria. Tomb of the 1st century AD.
*
Catacombs of San Valentino, in Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski.
Gates in the Aurelian walls
*
Porta del Popolo
The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio.
History
The previous name was ''Porta Flaminia'', because the consular Via Flaminia ...
*
Porta Pinciana
Porta Pinciana is a gate of the Aurelian Walls in Rome.
The name derives from the ''gens'' Pincia, who owned the eponymous hill (Pincian Hill). In ancient times it was also called ''Porta Turata'' ("Plugged Gate", for it was partially closed) ...
Villas and parks
*
Villa Giulia
The Villa Giulia is a villa in Rome, Italy. It was built by Pope Julius III in 1551–1553 on what was then the edge of the city. Today it is publicly owned, and houses the Museo Nazionale Etrusco, a collection of Etruscan art and artifacts.
...
, in Viale delle Belle Arti.
*
Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese or Villa Borghese Pinciana ('Borghese family{{!Borghese villa on the Pincian Hill') is the villa built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio (and, after his death, finished by his assistant Giovanni Vasanzio), developing sketches by Scip ...
**
Casina di Raffaello, in Via della Casina di Raffaello. 17th-century building.
**
Temple of Aesculapius. 18th-century
ionic tempietto (1786).
**
Temple of Diana. 18th-century
monopteros
A monopteros (Ancient Greek: , from the Polytonic: μόνος, 'only, single, alone', and , 'wing') is a circular colonnade supporting a roof but without any walls. Unlike a tholos (in its wider sense as a circular building), it does not have ...
tempietto (1789).
**
Villa Lubin
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...
, in Viale David Lubin. 20th-century building (1906–08).
**
Piazza di Siena.
**
Bioparco di Roma
Bioparco di Roma is a zoological garden located on part of the original Villa Borghese estate in Rome, Italy. There are 1,114 animals of 222 species maintained.
History
The zoo was conceived in 1908 to hold exotic animal species for exhibition. U ...
, in Viale del Giardino Zoologico.
** Park of the
Fallow deer
''Dama'' is a genus of deer in the subfamily Cervinae, commonly referred to as fallow deer.
Name
The name fallow is derived from the deer's pale brown colour. The Latin word ''dāma'' or ''damma'', used for roe deer, gazelles, and antelopes ...
s.
** Garden of the Lake.
** ''Galoppatoio'' (riding track).
*
Villa Balestra, in Via Bartolomeo Ammannati.
* Villa Elia, in Via di S. Valentino. It is the seat of the Embassy of
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
to the
Holy See
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.
Culture
Universities and other cultural institutions
* School of Architecture "Valle Giulia" of the
Sapienza University
The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...
, in Via Antonio Gramsci.
*
Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente
The Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO), known in English as the Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient, was established in Rome in 1995, as the result of the merging of (IsMEO) with the Istituto Italo-Africano (IIA). It clo ...
, in Via Ulisse Aldrovandi.
* Japanese Institute of Culture in Rome, in Via Antonio Gramsci.
Museums
*
Galleria Borghese
The Galleria Borghese () is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate touris ...
*
Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea (GNAM), in Viale delle Belle Arti.
*
Museo Pietro Canonica
*
Museo Carlo Bilotti
*
Museo Civico di Zoologia
The Museo Civico di Zoologia is a natural history museum in Rome, central Italy. It is situated next to the Bioparc (Zoo) and can be entered by the Zoo or through the entrance on via Ulisse Aldrovandi. Founded in 1932, it is said to continue th ...
*
National Etruscan Museum
The National Etruscan Museum ( it, Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is a museum of the Etruscan civilization, housed in the Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy.
History
The villa was built for Pope Julius III, for whom it was named. It remained in papal prope ...
of Villa Giulia, in Piazzale di Villa Giulia.
Cinema and theatre
The park of Villa Borghese houses the
Cinema dei Piccoli and the
Silvano Toti Globe Theatre.
References
Bibliography
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External links
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