Ludovisi (Rione)

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Ludovisi on the city map
Ludovisi coat of arms

Ludovisi is the XVI. Rione (district) of Rome . It lies on the southern slope of the Pincio .

history

In 1886 the Prince of Piombino sold the spacious Villa Ludovisi to the city of Rome, who built a new residential area there. The famous Via Veneto runs through it.

coat of arms

The coat of arms, which corresponds to that of the Boncompagni-Ludovisi family , shows a dragon and three diagonal, golden stripes.

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