Regola is the 7th of

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, Italy, identified by the initials R. VII, and belongs to the

Municipio I Municipio I is an administrative subdivision of the municipality of Rome, encompassing the centre of the city. It was first created by Rome's city council on 19 January 2001 and has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections. On 11 ...

. The name comes from (the name is recognizable in the modern ''Via Arenula''), which was the name of the soft sand ( in

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) that the river

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left after the floods, and that built strands on the left bank. The inhabitants of the are called . They were nicknamed ('tail-eaters'), after the typical dish , which was a specialty of the many ('butchers') of the . The seal of the represents a rampant deer with a turquoise background.

History

During the

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, the area belonged to the ''

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''. In particular, in the modern Regola there was the '' trigarium'', the stadium where the riders of the ''triga'' (a cart with three horses) used to train. When

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divided

into 14 regions, the modern Regola belonged was included in the IX region called '' Circus Flaminius''. In the

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it entered the fourth of the seven new ecclesiastic regions, even if at that time the limits of the ''rioni'' were not very clear. Because of the very frequent floods of the river

, the area was unhealthy and it was drained at the end of the Middle Ages. In 1586, when ''rione'' Borgo was established, the number of the ''rioni'' increased to 14, and Regola became the 7th, with the name of ''Arenulae et Chacabariorum''. In 1875, after the walls to stop the floods of the Tiber were built, the look of the area changed completely, removing all the things that grew up close to the river during the centuries. Though small, the ''rione'' contains many kinds of buildings: palaces, hospitals, churches, embassies, ancient prisons and poor houses.

Geography

Boundaries

To the north, Regola borders with Ponte (R. V), from which is separated by Via Bravaria, Vicolo della Scimia, Via delle Carceri and Via dei Banchi Vecchi; with Parione (R. VI), whose border is marked by Via dei Banchi Vecchi, Via del Pellegrino, Via dei Cappellari,

Campo de' Fiori Campo de' Fiori (, ) is a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, at the border between the ''Rioni of Rome, rioni'' Parione and Regola (rione of Rome), Regola. It is diagonally southeast of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and one ...

, Via dei Giubbonari; and with

Sant'Eustachio Sant'Eustachio () is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, named for the martyr Saint Eustace. It is located on Via di Sant'Eustachio in the Sant'Eustachio (rione of Rome), rione Sant'Eustachio, a block west of the Pantheo ...

(R. VIII), the boundary being outlined by Via dei Giubbonari, Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, Via Arenula and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto. To the east, it borders with Sant'Angelo (R. XI), from which is separated by Via di Santa Maria del Pianto and Piazza delle Cinque Scole, up to the

. The Tiber itself briefly outlines the boundary with Ripa (R. XII), alongside the

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. Southward and westward, Regola borders with

Trastevere Trastevere () is the 13th of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin (). Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lion on a red background, the meaning of which i ...

(R. XIII), from which is separated by the stretch of the Tiber between Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini and Ponte Garibaldi.

Places of interest

Palaces and other buildings

* Palazzo Cisterna, in Via Giulia. * Palazzo Falconieri, in Via Giulia. *

Palazzo Farnese Palazzo Farnese () or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and currently serves as the French e ...

, in Piazza Farnese, seat of the French embassy. * Palazzo Fusconi-Pighini, in Piazza Farnese. * Palazzo Piacentini, in Via Arenula, seat of the

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. * Palazzo del Monte di Pietà, in Piazza del Monte di Pietà. * Palazzo Spada and Galleria Spada, in Piazza Capo di Ferro. * Palazzo Cenci, in Via Beatrice Cenci. * Palazzetto Cenci, in Piazza Cenci.

Churches

* Sant'Eligio degli Orefici * Santa Maria in Monticelli * Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini * San Salvatore in Onda * Santo Spirito dei Napoletani * Santa Caterina da Siena a Via Giulia * Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte * Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio * San Paolo alla Regola * San Tommaso ai Cenci * Santa Maria del Pianto * San Salvatore in Campo * Santa Maria della Quercia * Santa Brigida * San Girolamo della Carità * Santa Caterina della Rota * San Tommaso di Canterbury *

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* Santa Lucia del Gonfalone

Education

Public libraries in Regola include the ''Biblioteca Centrale dei Ragazzi''.Biblioteche ed i Centri specializzati
" City of Rome. Retrieved on 8 September 2012.

References

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Regola Regola is the 7th of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. VII, and belongs to the Municipio I. The name comes from (the name is recognizable in the modern ''Via Arenula''), which was the name of the soft sand ( in Italian) that the river T ...

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