San Lorenzo is an urban zone in
Rome
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, Italy. Administratively it was part of both
Municipio II and
Quarter A quarter is one-fourth, , 25% or 0.25.
Quarter or quarters may refer to:
Places
* Quarter (urban subdivision), a section or area, usually of a town
Placenames
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* Le Quartier, a settlement ...
VI Tiburtino.
It occupies roughly the two sides of the early stretch of
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 ...
, starting from
Termini railway station and ending at the
Verano area. The latter includes the ancient basilica of
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls) is a Roman Catholic Minor papal basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome ...
, from which the district takes its name.
Originally a working-class neighbourhood (its inhabitants were mostly workers of the
Wuehrer Brewery and the freight yard), it has been a popular, left-oriented area. During
World War II
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San Lorenzo was heavily bombed by Allied planes (on 1943-07-19); the only
massive bombing of Rome during the war (though not the only air raid on the city), it aimed at disrupting the railway communication pivoting on the nearby huge freight yard; however, it caused also extensive damage to the buildings of the district (including 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 ...
and the basilica itself) and killing some 1,500 people.
Maria Montessori's first 3-6 age program was started in San Lorenzo in 1907.
Today San Lorenzo, due to the vicinity of the
La Sapienza
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 ...
University, is increasingly assuming the character of a student and young artist district.
Pizzeria
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Many pizzerias offer take-away, where the customer orders their food either in advance or at the restaurant and then take ...
s, bookshops, boutiques and other modern places are subsequently replacing the old popular workshops and small markets. The city is zone of many
bars, cafes, restaurants and
nightclub
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Nightclubs gener ...
s which host also a different cultural discussions and art exhibitions.
In popular culture
*Italian singer-songwriter
Francesco De Gregori
Francesco De Gregori OMRI (born 4 April 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics.
He is of ...
released in 1982 a song dedicated to the 1943 bombing. It is included in the ''
Titanic
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'' album of 1982.
See also
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San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls) is a Roman Catholic Minor papal basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome ...
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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 ...
*
Via Volsci
Via dei Volsci is a street in Rome located in the Quartiere San Lorenzo. It is to the south and runs parallel to Via Tiburtina. It also links Porta Tiburtina with the Campo Verano cemetery.
Left Wing history
The street has long had a reputation fo ...
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Porta Tiburtina
Porta Tiburtina or Porta San Lorenzo is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy, through which the Via Tiburtina exits the city.
History
The gate originally was an arch, built under Augustus, in the point in which three aqueducts (Aqua M ...
*
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
References
*Claudio Rendina, ''Enciclopedia di Roma'', Newton Compton, Rome, 1999.
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Subdivisions of Rome
Rome Q. VI Tiburtino