Torrenova is the 16th ''
zona
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'' of
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, identified by the initials Z. XVI. It belongs partly to the
Municipio VI and partly to the
Municipio VII.
Geography
The territory of Torrenova includes the
urban zone 10G ''Romanina'' and the western part of the urban zones 8C ''Giardinetti-Tor Vergata'' and 10I ''Barcaccia''.
Boundaries
Torrenova borders to the north with ''Zona''
Torre Angela (Z. XIII), from which is separated by the stretch of
Via Casilina
The Via Casilina is a medieval road in Latium and Campania. It led from Rome to Casilinum (present-day Capua), to present-day Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
It was created from the fusion of two ancient Roman roads, the ''Via Latina'' and the '' Via La ...
between the
GRA and Via di Tor Vergata.
To the east, the zone borders with ''Zona''
Torre Gaia ''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven Romance languages (Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Italian, Occitan and Corsican) and may refer to:
Biology
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* ...
(Z. XVII), whose boundary is marked by the whole Via di Tor Vergata.
Southward, the zone borders with ''Zona''
Casal Morena (Z. XIX), from which is separated by the stretch of
Via Tuscolana
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Science and technology
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* ''Via'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae
* Via (electronics), a through-connection
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between Via di Tor Vergata and the GRA.
Westward, Torrenova borders with ''Zona''
Torre Maura (Z. XV), whose border is outlined by the stretch of the GRA between Via Tuscolana and Via Casilina.
Historical subdivisions
The territory of the zone also includes the ''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' of Giardinetti and Ponte Linari, as well as the portion of Tor Vergata located west of Via di Tor Vergata.
Odonymy
Street naming in Torrenova mainly focuses on Italian artists, sculptors and engravers (in the ''frazione'' of Giardinetti and in the area of Romanina), notable universities (in the vicinities of the University of Roma Tor Vergata) and jurists (in the area of Romanina). Odonyms dedicated to famous industrialists can be found in the area of Tor Vergata. Odonyms of the zone can be categorized as follows:
* Artists, e.g. Via
Alceo Dossena
Alceo Dossena (1878–1937) was an Italian sculptor. His dealers marketed his creations as originals by other sculptors.
Biography
Dossena was born in 1878 in Cremona, Italy. He was a talented stonemason and sculptor, and was so skilled at dupl ...
, Via
Giovanni Dupré
Giovanni Dupré (1 March 1817 – 10 January 1882) was an Italian sculptor, of distant French stock long settled in Tuscany, who developed a reputation second only to that of his contemporary Lorenzo Bartolini.
Biography
Born in Siena, Dupré ...
, Via
Maso Finiguerra, Via
Federico Faruffini
Federico Faruffini (1833–1869) was an Italian painter and engraver of historical subjects, in a style that combines the styles and themes of Realism with the diffuse outlines and lively colors of Scapigliatura painters.
Biography
Born in Sesto ...
, Via
Taddeo Landini, Via
Giuseppe Maggiolini
Giuseppe Maggiolini (13 November 1738 – 16 November 1814), himself a marquetry-maker (''intarsiatore''), was the pre-eminent cabinet-maker (''ebanista'') in Milan in the later 18th century. Though some of his early work is Late Baroque in manner ...
, Via
Nicola da Guardiagrele, Via degli
Orafi, Via
Marcantonio Raimondi
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, Viale
Luigi Schiavonetti
Luigi Schiavonetti (1 April 1765 – 7 June 1810) was an Italian reproductive engraver and etcher.
Life
Luigi Schiavonetti was born at Bassano in Venetia. He was the maternal nephew of Teodoro Viero. After having studied art for several ...
, Via
Sante Vandi
Sante Vandi (1653–1716) was an Italian portrait painter of the Baroque period. He was a pupil of Carlo Cignani. He is also known as ''Santino da' Ritratti''. In early life he painted at Bologna, but was afterwards employed at Mantua
Mantua ...
, Via
Lippo Vanni;
* Industrialists, e.g. Via
Giuseppe Borsalino
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, Via
Giovanni Caproni
Giovanni Battista Caproni, 1st Count of Taliedo (July 3, 1886 – October 27, 1957), known as "Gianni" Caproni, was an Italian aeronautical engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, and aircraft designer who founded the Caproni aircraft-manu ...
, Via
Francesco Cirio
Francesco Cirio (25 December 1836 – 9 January 1900) was an Italian businessman, and is credited with being one of the first in the world with developing the appertization technique in Italy. Appertization is the method of processing vegetables t ...
, Via
Benigno Crespi, Via Rodolfo Crespi, Via
Angelo Motta, Via
Nicola Romeo;
* Journalists, e.g. Via Giuseppe Marrazzo, Via Mario Pastore, Via Vittorio Ragusa;
* Jurists, e.g. Via Bernardino Alimena, Via Francesco Antolisei, Via Giuseppe Barile, Via
Enrico Ferri, Via
Raffaele Garofalo
Raffaele Garofalo (18 November 1851 in Naples – 18 April 1934 in Naples) was an Italian criminologist and jurist.
Criminology theories
He was a student of Cesare Lombroso, often regarded as the father of criminology. He rejected the doctr ...
, Via
Massimo Severo Giannini, Via Vincenzo Manzini, Piazza Gian Domenico Pisapia, Piazza Vincenzo Simoncelli;
* Local toponyms, e.g. Via Alenda, Via Carcaricola, Via Casamonte, Via di Giardinetti, Via Lamponiano, Via della Massa Calciana, Via del Muro Linari, Via del Ponte delle Sette Miglia, Via della Tenuta di Torrenova, Via di Tor Vergata, Via Varvariana;
* Towns of
Calabria, e.g. Via
Francavilla Angitola
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, Via
Grisolia
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Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is l ...
, Via
Mottafollone;
* Universities, e.g. Via
Cambridge
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, Via
Columbia, Viale della
Sorbona, Via
Stanford.
Places of interest
Civil buildings
* Torre dei Santi Quattro, in Via del Muro Linari. 12th-century tower.
* Castle of Torrenova, in Via Casilina. 16th-century castle.
:The enlargement has been planned in
1605
Events
January–June
* January 16 – The first part of Miguel de Cervantes' satire on the theme of chivalry, ''Don Quixote'' (''El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha'', "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha"), is publ ...
by
Giovanni Fontana.
* Casale di Villa Gentile, in Via Columbia. 18th-century farmstead.
* Casale del Dazio, in Via Casilina. 19th-century farmstead.
Religious buildings
* Chiesa di San Clemente, built by
Giovanni Fontana in the 16th century.
* Chiesa della Resurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo, built in 1963.
* Chiesa di San Gaudenzio a Torrenova, built in 1995.
* Chiesa dei Santi Mario e compagni martiri, built in 2009.
Archaeological sites
* Villa di Tor Vergata, in the locality of Carcaricola, near the Fosso di Santa Maura. A 2nd-century BC Roman villa
* Bridge of the ancient
Via Labicana
The Via Labicana was an ancient road of Italy, leading east-southeast from Rome. It seems possible that the road at first led to Tusculum, that it was then extended to Labici, and later still became a road for through traffic; it may even have su ...
, in Via della Massa Calciana. A bridge that can be dated back to the 2nd century BC, over the Fosso del Giardinetto.
* Roman thermal baths, in Parco di Tor Vergata. 1st-century thermal baths.
* Remains of the ''Casalis Turris Virgata'', in Via Columbia. Medieval fortification.
* Bagno della Bella Cenci, between Fosso del Giardino and Via Antonio Ingegnoli. 16th-century nymphaeum.
Parks
* Parco di Tor Vergata.
* Parco
Ivan Sbernola, between Via Carlo Santarelli and Via degli Orafi.
* Giardino
Maurizio Notargiacomo, in Via Carcaricola.
Education
*
ASI Science Data Center, in Via del Politecnico. 21st-century building.
*
Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Tor Vergata University of Rome, also known as the University of Rome II ( it, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the university combine ...
.
Museums
* Museo dell'immagine fotografica e delle arti visuali (MIFAV), in Via della Ricerca Scientifica.
:Museum of photographic image and visual arts, located within the Maths, Physics and Natural Science of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
See also
*
Administrative subdivision of Rome#Municipi
References
Bibliography
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Zones of Rome