Torre Angela

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Location of Torre Angela in Rome

Torre Angela denotes the 13th zone , abbreviated as Z.XIII, 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 VI and has 81,992 inhabitants (2016). It is located in the north of the city outside the Roman A90 ring road and has an area of ​​44.7912 km².

The name derives from the tower Turris Aegidi Angeli.

history

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

special locations

Remarks

  1. (as of December 31, 2006)
  2. Ilaria aliquo e Alessandro De Angelis, Torre Angela. Storia di un territorio di campagna diventato città, Rome, Civilmente Edizioni, 2012, ISBN 978-88-97850-00-7 .
  3. Delibera del Commissario Straordinario n. 2453 del 13 September 1961
  4. ^ De Franceschini, Marina .: Ville dell'Agro romano . L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2005, ISBN 88-8265-311-0 .

Web links

Commons : Zona XIII - Torre Angela  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ′ 35.4 "  N , 12 ° 37 ′ 39.7"  E