Trevi is the 2nd ''

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 ...

'' of

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, identified by the initials R. II, located in

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 origin of its name is not clear, but the most accepted theory is that it comes from the Latin ''trivium'' (meaning "three streets"), because there were three streets all leading to the current Piazza dei Crociferi, a square next to the modern Trevi square. Its coat of arms is made of three swords on a red background.

History

This rione, during the

Roman republic The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Ki ...

belonged to the third region, while during the

Roman empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Roman Republic, Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings aro ...

was split up into two

regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

: the VI, called ''Alta Semita'' and the VII, called ''via Lata''. During the ancient Roman period, in rione Trevi there were large groups of private houses with some monumental buildings. Since that time the area was actually split up into two parts: a lower one, level and next to the river

Tiber The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by th ...

, and a higher one on the hills. The first one was one of the center of the activities of the city, while the second one was a rich and peaceful residential area. After the fall of the

, a lot of people moved away from the hills to settle next to the river, in the lower part. The urbanization followed the people: next to the river

the rione was full of buildings while almost nothing was built again on the hills until the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ide ...

. In 1600 urbanization, new streets, churches and fountains caused the rione Trevi to be quite crowded, and it did not change significantly until the end of the 19th century. The

Quirinal Hill The Quirinal Hill (; la, Collis Quirinalis; it, Quirinale ) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the city center. It is the location of the official residence of the Italian head of state, who resides in the Quirinal Pala ...

, partially isolated from the crowded part close to the river, was slowly becoming a center of power thanks to numerous buildings belonging to the Pope. Under the domination of

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader wh ...

, in 1811, the

was selected to be the center of the imperial power in

. The plan was not completed because of the fall of Napoleon, but the idea remained and was partially achieved after Rome became capital of Italy, after the 1870. In fact nowadays several ministries are placed in the rione Trevi. This changed completely the appearance of the higher part of the rione, that was not very crowded but full of small streets, churches and monumental buildings. The most famous monument in the rione is

Trevi Fountain The Trevi Fountain ( it, Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. Standing high and wide, it is the lar ...

Geography

Boundaries

Northward, Trevi borders with

Colonna The House of Colonna, also known as ''Sciarrillo'' or ''Sciarra'', is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope (Martin V) and many other church and pol ...

(R. III), whose boundary is marked by a brief stretch of Via del Corso and by Via delle Muratte, Via di Santa Maria in Via, Largo San Claudio, Via del Pozzetto, Via del Bufalo, Largo del Nazareno, Via del Nazareno, Via del Tritone and

Piazza Barberini Piazza Barberini is a large piazza in the ''centro storico'' or city center of Rome, Italy and situated on the Quirinal Hill. It was created in the 16th century but many of the surrounding buildings have subsequently been rebuilt. The current ...

. It also borders with Ludovisi (R. XVI), through Via di San Basilio. Eastward, the ''rione'' borders with Sallustiano (R. XVII), from which is separated by Via

Leonida Bissolati Leonida Bissolati (20 February 1857 in Cremona – 6 May 1920 in Rome) was a leading exponent of the Italian socialist movement at the turn of the nineteenth century. Biography He was born from the liaison of Paolina Bergamaschi, a nurse, wi ...

, Via

Giosuè Carducci Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (; 27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was very noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906, h ...

, Via di Santa Susanna and Largo di Santa Susanna, and with

Castro Pretorio Castro Pretorio is the 18th ''rione'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials R. XVIII, and it is located within the Municipio I. The ''rione'' takes its name by the ruins of the '' Castrum Praetorium'', the barracks of the Praetorian Guard, ...

(R. XVIII), from which is separated by Piazza San Bernardo and Via XX Settembre. To the south, the ''rione'' borders with Monti (R. I), from which is separated by the Foro Traiano, Via IV Novembre, Largo Magnanapoli, Via XXIV Maggio and Via del Quirinale. Southward, it also shares a short boundary with

Campitelli Campitelli is the 10th ''rione'' of Rome, identified by the initials R. X, and is located in the Municipio I. Its emblem consists of a black dragon's head on a white background. This symbol comes from the legend that Pope Silvester I threw o ...

(R. X), which is marked by a portion of

Piazza Venezia Piazza Venezia () is a central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo ...

. To the west, Trevi borders with Pigna (R. IX), and the boundary is outlined by

and Via del Corso.

Local geography

;Squares *

* Piazza della Pilotta * Piazza del Quirinale * Piazza San Bernardo * Piazza San Silvestro * Piazza Santi Apostoli * Piazza Scanderbeg * Piazza di Trevi ;Roads * Via del Corso

Places of interest

Palaces and other buildings

* Palazzo Baracchini, in Via XX Settembre, built in 19th century by Giulio Podesti, is the seat of the

Ministry of Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in state ...

Palazzo Barberini The Palazzo Barberini ( en, Barberini Palace) is a 17th-century palace in Rome, facing the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi. Today, it houses the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, the main national collection of older paintings in Rome. History ...

, in Via delle Quattro Fontane. * Palazzo del Bufalo alle Fratte, in Largo del Nazareno. * Palazzo Chigi-Odescalchi, in Piazza dei Santi Apostoli. * Palazzo Colonna, in Via della Pilotta. *

Palazzo Muti Papazzurri Palazzo Muti Papazzurri is a Baroque palazzo in Rome, Italy. It was built in 1660 by the architect Mattia de' Rossi, a pupil of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is thought it was constructed for the newly married Pompeo Muti Papazzurri and Maria Isa ...

, in Piazza della Pilotta. * Palazzo Gentili del Drago, in Via in Arcione. * Palazzo Guglielmi, in Piazza dei Santi Apostoli. *

Palazzo Mancini The Palazzo Mancini is a palazzo in Rome, Italy.Guerci, M. (2011) ''Palazzo Mancini''. Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, 320 pp. From 1737 to 1793 it was the second home of the French Academy in Rome. It is located on Via del Cor ...

, in Via del Corso. *

Palazzo Mengarini Palazzo Mengarini is a 19th-century palazzo in via XXIV maggio in Rome. The palace is named after a 19th-century Senator during the Kingdom of Italy, Guglielmo Mengarini. The Senator commissioned the palace design from the architect Gaetano Ko ...

, in Via XXIV Maggio. * Palazzo Poli, in Via Poli. * Palazzo del Quirinale, in Piazza del Quirinale. *

Palazzo Valentini Palazzo Valentini is a palazzo in central Rome, Italy, not far from Piazza Venezia. Since 1873 it has been the base of the provincial and prefectural administration of Rome. sito ufficiale delle ''Domus Romane'' di Palazzo Valentini History Th ...

, in Via IV Novembre. * Palazzo Scanderbeg, in Piazza Scanderbeg.

Churches

San Marcello al Corso San Marcello al Corso, a church in Rome, Italy, is a titular church whose cardinal-protector normally holds the (intermediary) rank of cardinal-priest. The church, dedicated to Pope Marcellus I (d. AD 309), is located just inset from Via de ...

Oratory of Santissimo Crocifisso The Oratorio del Santissimo Crocifisso or the Oratory of the Most Holy Crucifix is a building in central Rome, Italy. Located next to the church of San Marcello al Corso, it served as a prayer hall and meeting house for the Archconfraternity of t ...

Madonna dell'Archetto The Church of the Madonna dell'Archetto ( en, Our Lady of the Little Arch) is a small oratory in Rome, Italy, in the Trevi ''rione.'' The official title of the church is Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae ( en, Holy Mary, Cause of Our Joy). It i ...

* Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli * Santa Maria di Loreto * Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano * Santa Maria del Carmine alle Tre Cannelle *

Santa Croce e San Bonaventura dei Lucchesi Santa Croce e San Bonaventura alla Pilotta or Santa Croce e di San Bonaventura dei Lucchesi is a church in Rome, sited on via dei Lucchesi in the Trevi district, between the Trevi Fountain and the Pontificia Università Gregoriana. It is Lucca's ...

* Santa Maria dell'Umiltà * Santa Rita da Cascia alle Vergini * Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi *

Santa Maria in Trivio Santa Maria in Trivio is a church in Rome. It is dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, and is located on Piazza dei Crociferi in rione Trevi. It is near the Fountain of Trevi. In Mariano Vasi's 19th-century guidebook, the church is referred to a ...

* Oratory of Santissimo Sacramento *

Santa Maria in Via ::''This Church is not to be confused with the Church of Santa Maria in Via Lata, a Deaconry.'' Santa Maria in Via is a basilica church in Rome. The church or a chapel existed in the 9th century, but was rebuilt following reports of a miracle. I ...

Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni The Church of SS. Claudius and Andrew of the Burgundians ( it, Santi Claudio e Andrea dei Borgognoni, french: Saints-Claude-et-André-des-Bourguignons) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Claudius of Besançon and the apostle Saint An ...

San Basilio agli Orti Sallustiani San Basilio agli Orti Sallustiani (''Saint Basil at the Horti Sallustiani'') is a rectory church in Rome, on via Trevi in the Trevi district. It is dedicated to Saint Basil. The church is a secondary place of worship for the Parish of San Camillo ...

* San Nicola da Tolentino *

Santa Susanna alle Terme di Diocleziano The Church of Saint Susanna at the Baths of Diocletian ( it, Chiesa di Santa Susanna alle Terme di Diocleziano) is a Roman Catholic parish church located on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, Italy. There has been a titular church associated to its s ...

San Silvestro al Quirinale San Silvestro al Quirinale (or ''St. Sylvester on Quirinal Hill'') is a historic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located near Via XXIV Maggio corner with Via Mazzarino, a few blocks south of the Piazza del Quirinale. History The first men ...

Sant'Andrea degli Scozzesi Sant' Andrea degli Scozzesi (English: St Andrew of the Scots) is a former Catholic church in Rome, near Piazza Barberini on Via delle Quattro Fontane. Once a haven for Scottish Catholics in Rome, it was deconsecrated in 1962 and still stands. Hi ...

* Saint Andrew's Church of Scotland * Waldensian church in Trevi

Fountains

Fontana del Tritone Fontana del Tritone (''Triton Fountain'') is a seventeenth-century fountain in Rome, by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Commissioned by his patron, Pope Urban VIII, the fountain is located in the Piazza Barberini, near the entrance t ...

Quattro Fontane The Quattro Fontane (the Four Fountains) is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome. They were commissioned by Pope Sixtus V and built at the direction ...

Education

Public libraries in Trevi include ''Biblioteca Romana Sarti'', that was established in 1881 by the architect Antonio Sarti and ''Casa delle Traduzioni''.Biblioteche ed i Centri specializzati
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References

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