Torricola

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Location of Torricola in Rome

Torricola denotes the 21st zone , abbreviated as Z.XXI, the Italian capital Rome . In contrast to the Rioni, Quartieri and Suburbi, these are the more rural areas of Rome. It belongs to the municipality VIII and has 877 inhabitants (2016). It is located in the south of the city within the Roman A90 ring road and has an area of ​​9.5669 km².

history

Torricola 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.

Significant places

Remarks

  1. Delibera del Commissario Straordinario n. 2453 del 13 September 1961
  2. ^ De Franceschini, Marina .: Ville dell'Agro romano . L'Erma di Bretschneider, Roma 2005, ISBN 88-8265-311-0 .

Web links

Commons : Zona XXI - Torricola  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′ 5.4 "  N , 12 ° 32" 57.5 "  E