Torre Spaccata

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Location of Torre Spaccata in Rome

Torre Spaccata denotes the 12th zone , abbreviated as Z.XII, 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 V and VI and has 13,193 inhabitants (2016). It is located in the east of the city within the Roman A90 ring road and has an area of ​​4.8826 km².

Zona urbanistica 8A is located in the Don Bosco district .

The tower of the same name is located in the area of ​​the Torre Maura . It is a brick tower from the 9th or 10th century.

history

Torre Spaccata 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.

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 XII - Torre Spaccata  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 58 ′ 14.2 "  N , 12 ° 34 ′ 48"  E