Parco degli Acquedotti
| Parco degli Acquedotti Parco dei 7 Acquedotti |
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| Park in Rome | |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Rome |
| District | Municipality VII |
| Created | 1965 |
| Newly designed | 2011 |
| Surrounding streets | Via Lemonia, Via delle Capannelle, Rome – Cassino – Naples railway line , Via del Quadraro |
| Buildings | Sections of the following aqueducts : |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians , cyclists , leisure |
| Technical specifications | |
| Parking area | 240,000 m² |
The Parco degli Acquedotti , German Park of aqueducts , and Parco dei 7 Acquedotti , German Park of the seven aqueducts , is a 240,000 square meters of green space in Munizipio VII of Rome , which the Regional Park of Appia Antica , German Regional Park Via Appia Antica heard . The name is derived from the remains of seven Roman aqueducts that are on the site.
history
The park was designated as green space for the first time in the structure plan of 1965 and was expropriated and freed from informal settlements in the 1970s . Although the plan was to renovate the structural remains of the aqueducts after the site had been cleared, everything stayed the same for the time being and new informal settlements were built again. In 1986, given the poor condition of the remains and the threat of overbuilding, the citizens' initiative Comitato per la salvaguardia del Parco degli Acquedotti e di Roma Vecchia , the German association for the protection of the Parco degli Acquedotti and ancient Rome , was founded. With the support of some intellectuals, the citizens' initiative achieved that the park was incorporated into the Parco regional dell'Appia antica in 1988. In 2011 the Marrana Mariana was refurbished .
Objects
The following archaeological remains can be found on the grounds of the park:
- Arcades of the aqueducts Aqua Claudia and Anio Novus . Both aqueducts were started under Emperor Caligula in 38 AD and ended under Emperor Claudius in 52 AD.
- Arcades of the Acqua Felice aqueduct , which was built by Pope Sixtus V between 1585 and 1590. Part of the Aqua Marcia was destroyed, so that only a few remains can be seen today.
- Campo Barbarico , German barbarian camp , an area that is enclosed by the two aqueducts Aqua Claudia and Aqua Marcia, which cross each other twice, and was used as a fortified army camp by the Ostrogoth king Witichis during the siege of Rome in 539 .
- Sellaretto railwayman's house on the old Rome-Ceprano railway line from 1862
- Casale di Roma Vecchia , German house of ancient Rome , a 13th century manor house that houses a collection of objects found during excavations in the 18th century.
- Marrana mill canal , which is supplied by Acqua Mariana , which was built by Pope Callisto II in 1122
- Tomba dei Cento Scalini , German grave of a hundred steps , a hypogeum from the 2nd century
- Tor Fiscale , German customs tower , a 30 m high tower from the Middle Ages at the intersection of the two aqueducts Aqua Claudia and Aqua Marcia
- Villa dei Sette Bassi , the second largest villa in the suburbs of Rome after the Villa of the Quintilier , attributed to a consul or prefect named Settimio Basso .
- Villa delle Vignacce , German villa of the vineyards , which is attributed to Quintus Servilius Pudens .
Web links
Parco degli Acquedotti. In: Discover Rome. Retrieved December 14, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Il parco. (No longer available online.) In: Parco Regionale dell'Appia Antica. 2012, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved December 13, 2013 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Paola Sozio: Il Parco degli Acquedotti. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 1, 2013 ; Retrieved December 13, 2013 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Suetonius , Caligula 21.
- ↑ According to Tacitus , Annals 11, 13, perhaps as early as AD 47.
- ↑ Aldo Pirone: Casale di Roma vecchia al Parco degli Acquedotti. Sulle orme degli Orazi e Curiazi. Abitare a Roma, October 21, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 (Italian).
- ↑ L'ipogeo di Roma vecchia or Tomba dei cento scalini. In: Longa est vita, si plena est. April 19, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 (Italian).
