Sapienza Gate

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Location of Tor Sapienza in Rome

Tor Sapienza denotes the eighth zone , abbreviated as Z.VIII, of the Italian capital Rome . In contrast to the Rioni, Quartieri and Suburbi, these are the more rural areas of Rome. It belongs to Municipio IV and Municipio V and has 26,001 inhabitants (2016). It is located in the east of the city within the Roman A90 ring road and has an area of ​​7.7466 km². Tor Sapienza Street runs through the zona from north to south.

history

In the 13th century, a square brick tower was built between Via Collatina and Via Praenestina . In the 14th century, the Boccamazzi family built the Casale Bucchamatiis. On August 15, 1457, Cardinal Domenico Capranica bought the property. He donated it to the Collegio di San Girolamo and it was named Sapienza nuova. The tower was called Tor Sapienza.

At the beginning of the 1920s, the railway worker Michele Testa founded the Cooperativa Tor Sapienza dell'Agro Romano. On May 20, 1923, a school, pharmacy and medical station were inaugurated. The cooperative first built 25 farms and then a hundred more.

During the Second World War, the Tor Sapienza tower was used by the Germans as an ammunition store. When these were pushed back from the area, they blew up the tower. The tower was rebuilt at the end of the 1990s.

The Tor Sapienza zone was created on September 13, 1961 by decision of the Commissario Straordinario. At that time, the Ager Romanus was divided into 59 zones, which were assigned a Roman number and a Z was introduced. Six of them were completely outsourced to the newly founded municipality of Fiumicino and three others partially.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ (as of December 31, 2006)
  2. ↑ Delibera del Commissario Straordinario n. 2453 del 13 September 1961
  3. ^ De Franceschini, Marina .: Ville dell'Agro romano . L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2005, ISBN 88-8265-311-0 .

Web links

Commons : Zona VIII - Gate Sapienza  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 10.4 "  N , 12 ° 35 ′ 36.6"  E