Urban division of Rome

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Rome, view to the north-west over the Esquiline (in the background left the Tyrrhenian coast and right the Tolfa mountains)

The Italian capital Rome is divided into 15 municipalities and 155 zones. In ancient times it was divided into four, later into 14  regions .

Municipalities

The Munizipien (Italian municipi = "town halls") are city districts that were introduced in 1972 to better manage the city. In 1977 the municipalities were divided into 155 zones (zone urbanistiche) , which were delimited according to urban planning considerations and mostly not coincident with the historic city districts. Originally there were 20 municipalities. The original Municipio XIV was amalgamated in 1992 and exists today as an independent city of Fiumicino . Therefore, the number XIV was missing from the series of municipalities until 2013. In 2013 the municipalities were reallocated as shown below.

The municipalities each have a directly elected president and a parliament. A large part of Rome's administrative tasks are now carried out through the municipalities.

Municipalities

The 15 municipalities are composed as follows:

Historic districts

A first city structure is said to be in the 6th century BC. BC under King Servius Tullius . Rome was then divided into four regions , which corresponded to the city-Roman tribes .

  1. Suburana ( Caelius , Subura )
  2. Esquilina ( Esquiline )
  3. Collina ( Quirinal and Viminal )
  4. Palatina ( Palatine and Velia )

The Capitol Hill and the Aventine were not included at the time.

Under Augustus, between 12 and 7 BC. The city, which in the meantime had spread far beyond the four original regions, was divided into 14 regiones . They were originally just numbered; Names are only documented from the 2nd century. The classification remained valid until the end of the imperial era.

Rome in the time of Augustus

This classification remained in the Middle Ages, even if the modern names slowly emerged and the boundaries were no longer precisely defined.

Rioni

The term Rione is derived from the Latin regiones . From the 14th century, Rome was initially divided into 12 Rioni. Due to the population growth, the number of existing Rioni increased to 21 by 1921. In the same year, the 22nd Rione Prati, the first district outside the Aurelian city wall, was established.

These Rioni are no longer of any administrative importance today. In the everyday life of the Romans, however, the historically grown districts still play a greater role than the new administrative units.

Rioni
I. - Monti - it encloses the Esquiline and Viminal hills and extends from Piazza Venezia to the Lateran
II - Trevi - it includes the Quirinal and the area below around the Trevi Fountain
III - Colonna - on both sides of Via del Corso
IV - Campo Marzio - the northern part of the old town from the Spanish Steps to Piazza del Popolo
V - Ponte - the Tiber knee opposite the Castel Sant'Angelo
VI - Parione - the area around Piazza Navona and Campo de 'Fiori
VII - Regola - the banks of the Tiber between Ponte Garibaldi and Ponte Mazzini
VIII - Sant'Eustachio - the neighborhood around Sant'Andrea della Valle
IX - Pigna - between Piazza Venezia and Pantheon
X - Campitelli - encloses the Capitol and Palatine hills
XI - Sant'Angelo - roughly the former ghetto
XII - Ripa - the Aventine hill and the Tiber bank to the Tiber island
XIII - Trastevere - on the west bank of the Tiber
XIV - Borgo - between the Vatican and Castel Sant'Angelo (part of the Municipio XV)
XV - Esquilino - the eastern part of the Esquiline with the Roma Termini train station
XVI - Ludovisi - on both sides of Via Veneto
XVII - Sallustiano - north of Via XX. Settembre
XVIII - Castro Pretorio - encloses the Baths of Diocletian
XIX - Celio - the hill of Caelius
XX - Testaccio - around the Monte Testaccio
XXI - San Saba - the Little Aventine with the Caracalla Baths
XXII - Prati - the Belle Époque district northeast of the Vatican (part of the Municipio XV)

Quartieri

From 1926 the newly built districts outside the city wall were called Quartieri ( Sg. Quartiere) . They were also numbered with Roman numerals, preceded by a Q to distinguish them . The Ostia district on the coast was divided into the three Quartieri Q.XXXIII to Q.XXXV.

QI Flaminio Q.II Parioli Q.III Pinciano Q.IV Salario QV Nomentano
Q.VI Tiburtino Q.VII Prenestino-Labicano Q.VIII Tuscolano Q.IX Appio-Latino QX Ostiense
Q.XI Portuense Q.XII Gianicolense Q.XIII Aurelio Q.XIV Trionfale Q.XV Della Vittoria
Q.XVI Monte Sacro Q.XVII Trieste Q.XVIII Gate di Quinto Q.XIX Prenestino Centocelle Q.XX Ardeatino
Q.XXI Pietralata Q.XXII Collatino Q.XXIII Alessandrino Q.XXIV Don Bosco Q.XXV Appio Claudio
Q.XXVI Appio Pignatelli Q.XXVII Primavalle Q.XXVIII Monte Sacro Alto Q.XXIX Ponte Mammolo Q.XXX San Basilio
Q.XXXI Giuliano-Dalmata Q.XXXII EUR Q.XXXIII Lido di Ostia Ponente Q.XXXIV Lido di Ostia Levante Q.XXXV Lido di Castel Fusano

Suburbi

From 1930 onwards, eleven suburbi (suburbs) were set up on the outskirts . Since 1961 the Suburbi S.II to S.VI. were converted into Quartieri, only six remained.

SI Gate di Quinto S.VII Portuense S.VIII Gianicolense
S.IX Aurelio SX Trionfale S.XI Della Vittoria

Ager Romanus

On July 6, 1817, by decree of Pope Pius VII, the city limits of Rome, which were previously undetermined, were established and the area was designated as Ager Romanus .

After the spin-off of the cities of Pomezia and Ardea , the area that was outside the closed urban area was divided into 59 zones, seven of which fell to the newly founded city of Fiumicino in 1992 . The zone Z.XLIII Maccarese Nord was divided between Rome and Fiumicino.

Many of the zones are named after old villages or manors in the Ager Romanus.

The remaining 53 zones are:

ZI Val Melaina Z.II Castel Giubileo Z.III Marcigliana Z.IV Casal Boccone
ZV Gate of San Giovanni Z.VI Settecamini Z.VII Gate Cervara Z.VIII Sapienza Gate
Z.IX Acqua Vergine ZX Lunghezza Z.XI San Vittorino Z.XII Torre Spaccata
Z.XIII Torre Angela Z.XIV Borghesiana Z.XV Torre Maura Z.XVI Torrenova
Z.XVII Torre Gaia Z.XVIII Capannelle Z.XIX Casal Morena Z.XX Aeroporto di Ciampino
Z.XXI Torricola Z.XXII Cecchignola Z.XXIII Castel di Leva Z.XXIV Fonte Ostiense
Z.XXV Vallerano Z.XXVI Castel di Decima Z.XXVII Torrino Z.XXVIII Gate de'Cenci
Z.XXIX Castel Porziano Z.XXX Castel Fusano Z.XXXI Mezzocammino Z.XXXII Acilia North
Z.XXXIII Acilia Sud Z.XXXIV Casal Palocco Z.XXXV Ostia Antica Z.XXXIX Gate di Valle
Z.XL Magliana Vecchia Z.XLI Ponte Galeria Z.XLIII Maccarese North Z.XLIV La Pisana
Z.XLV Castel di Guido Z.XLVIII Casalotti Z.XLIX Santa Maria di Galeria ZL Ottavia
Z.LI La Storta Z.LII Cesano Z.LIII Tomba di Nerone Z.LIV La Giustiniana
Z.LV Isola Farnese Z.LVI Grottarossa Z.LVII Labaro Z.LVIII Great porta
Z.LIX Polline Martignano - - - - - -

literature

Internet source

Roma Capitale. Territorio. comune.roma.it, accessed June 14, 2013 (Italian).