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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 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 ...

Prati Prati is the 22nd ''rione'' of Rome, identified by the initials R. XXII. It belongs to the Municipio I since 2013, while previously, along with Borgo and ''quartieri'' Trionfale and Della Vittoria, it was part of the Municipio XVII. Its coat of ...

. They form the second level of administrative sub-divisions of Roma Capitale. Together they cover 171.38 km² and hold 1483913 inhabitants.

History

The first 15 quarters were officially founded and numbered in 1926, after first being drafted in 1911. Quartieri Roma 1930

As of 1930 there were two more unofficial quarters: the quarter XVI, which was called Città Giardino Aniene in 1924; and the quarter XVII, that was named Savoia in 1926. These two were later officially renamed, the XVII becoming ''Trieste'' in 1946 and the XVI becoming ''Monte Sacro'' in 1951. Other quarters have been renamed: the quarter XV, previously called Milvio, became ''Della Vittoria'' in 1935, while the III, once known as Vittorio Emanuele III in honor of the

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, was renamed ''Pinciano'' in 1946. In 1961, Delibera del Commissario Straordinario nº 2453 del 13 settembre 1961 18 more quarters were established and numbered XVIII to XXXV. Some of the new quarters were created dismembering five eastern

suburbs A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

of the city, some others were established in the rural area around the city, the so called

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(the remaining part of the Agro Romano was divided into

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in the same year).

List

* Q. I Flaminio * Q. II

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 ...

* Q. III

Pinciano Pinciano is the 3rd ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. III. The name derives from the Pincian Hill. It belongs to the Municipio II. History Pinciano is among the first 15 '' quartieri'' of the city, originally delimi ...

* Q. IV Salario * Q. V

Nomentano Nomentano is the 5th ''Quarters of Rome, quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. V. The name derives from the ancient road Via Nomentana. It belongs to the Municipio II. History Nomentano is among the first 15 quarters of th ...

* Q. 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 ...

* Q. VII Prenestino-Labicano * Q. VIII

Tuscolano Tuscolano is the 8th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. VIII. The name derives from the ancient road Via Tuscolana. It belongs to the Municipio V and Municipio VII. History The origins of the territory - which, as f ...

* Q. IX

Appio-Latino Appio-Latino is the 9th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. IX. The name derives from the ancient roads Via Appia and Via Latina. It belongs to the Municipio VII and Municipio VIII. History The origins of the territo ...

* Q. X

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 n ...

* Q. XI

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. XII

Gianicolense Gianicolense is the 12th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XII. It belongs to the Municipio XI and Municipio XII. It takes its name from the Janiculum hill, which lies in the nearby ''rione'' Trastevere and whose west ...

* Q. XIII Aurelio * Q. XIV

Trionfale Trionfale is the 14th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XIV. The toponym also indicates the urban zone 19E of Municipio XIV. History Trionfale is among the first 15 ''quartieri'' of the city, originally delimited i ...

* Q. XV

Della Vittoria Della Vittoria is the 15th ''quartiere'' of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials Q. XV. The toponym also indicates the urban zone 17B of Municipio I Municipio I is an administrative subdivision of the municipality of Rome, encompassing the ...

* Q. XVI

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* 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 ...

* Q. XVIII

Tor di Quinto Tor di Quinto is the 18th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XVIII. It belongs to the Municipio XV. Geography Boundaries Northward, the ''quartiere'' borders with ''suburbio'' Tor di Quinto (S. I) and with the zone ...

* Q. XIX

Prenestino-Centocelle Prenestino-Centocelle is the 19th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XIX. It belongs to the Municipio VII. The name is derived from the Via Praenestina and the fortress Centrocelle Centum Cellae of Constantine the Great ...

* Q. XX

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. XXI Pietralata * Q. XXII

Collatino Collatino is the 22nd ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XXII. It belongs to the Municipio IV and V. The name is derived from the Via Collatina Collatia was an ancient town of central Italy, c. 15 km northea ...

* Q. XXIII Alessandrino * Q. XXIV

Don Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century. While working ...

* Q. XXV Appio Claudio * Q. XXVI Appio-Pignatelli * Q. XXVII

Primavalle Primavalle is the 27th ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. XXVII. It is part of the Municipio XIV. History Thanks to several archaeological discoveries, the first settlements in the area can be dated back to 1st century BC: a ...

* Q. XXVIII

Monte Sacro Alto Monte Sacro Alto (also known informally as Talenti) is the 28th ''quartiere'' of the city of Rome in Italy, and it is identified by the initials Q. XXVIII. As a quarter, or second level administrative division, it is one of two that comprise the ...

* Q. XXIX

Ponte Mammolo Ponte, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Italian, Portuguese, and Galician languages, may refer to: Places England *Pontefract, a town in the Metropolitan City of Wakefield France *Ponte Leccia, a civil parish (hameau) in the department of Haute-Cor ...

* Q. XXX San Basilio * Q. XXXI

Giuliano-Dalmata Giuliano-Dalmata is the 31st ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. XXXI. Its name refers to the Julian, Istrian and Dalmatian refugees that settled there in the postwar period. History Born in the 1930s as ''Villaggio Operaio ...

* Q. XXXII

Europa Europa may refer to: Places * Europe * Europa (Roman province), a province within the Diocese of Thrace * Europa (Seville Metro), Seville, Spain; a station on the Seville Metro * Europa City, Paris, France; a planned development * Europa Cliff ...

* Q. XXXIII Lido di Ostia Ponente * Q. XXXIV Lido di Ostia Levante * Q. XXXV Lido di Castel Fusano

Note

Bibliography (in Italian)

* Giorgio Carpaneto, AA.VV, ''I quartieri di Roma'', Roma, Newton Compton Editori, 1997, . * Fabrizio Falconi, ''Misteri e segreti dei rioni e dei quartieri di Roma'', Roma, Newton Compton Editori, 2013, . * Claudio Rendina, ''I quartieri di Roma'', vol. 1, Roma, Newton Compton Editori, 2006, . * Claudio Rendina, ''I quartieri di Roma'', vol. 2, Roma, Newton Compton Editori, 2006, .

External links

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