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Municipio VII

Municipio Roma VII is the seventh administrative subdivision of the Municipality of Rome (Italy).

Municipio VII di Roma
Municipio of Rome
Satellite photo of Piazza dei Re di Roma.
Satellite photo of Piazza dei Re di Roma.
Flag of Municipio VII di Roma
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Location of Municipio VII of Rome
Location of Municipio VII of Rome
CountryItaly
RegionLazio
ComuneRome
Government
 • PresidentFrancesco Laddaga (Democratic Party)
Area
 • Total
46.750 km2 (18.050 sq mi)
Population
 (Roma Capitale – Roma Statistica. Population registered as of 31 December 2016 by urban areas.)
 • Total
308,075
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

It was established by the Municipal Assembly, with Resolution nr. 11 of 11 March 2013, following the unification of Municipio Roma IX (formerly Circoscrizione IX) and Municipio Roma X (formerly Circoscrizione X). It is the most populous Municipio in the city, the only one with more than 300,000 inhabitants.

Geography

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The territory of the Municipio extends in the south-eastern quadrant of the city, from Porta San Giovanni to the border of the Municipality of Rome, along the road axes of Via Appia Nuova and Via Tuscolana.

Its borders are:

History

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The territory of the Municipio was inhabited since prehistoric times, as shown by the excavations of the four necropolises of Osteria del Curato-Via Cinquefrondi, Lucrezia Romana, Romanina and Ponte delle Sette Miglia, with rock-out chamber tombs from the Copper Age, related to the so-called Rinaldone culture.[1][2]

In Roman times, the territory of the Municipio was crossed by the Via Latina and the Via Asinaria.
As in the rest of the Ager Romanus – also thanks to several aqueducts that crossed it – there were numerous villae, that is, farming estates of medium extension whose production was at the service of the city.

In the Middle Ages the villae were converted into Domuscultae and fortifications and later into farmhouses and towers (such as Tor Fiscale, Torre del Quadraro and Torre di Mezzavia), in close relationship with the settlements towards the Roman Castles. The ancient Roman roads were replaced first by Via Tuscolana and then, in 1574, by Via Appia Nuova, opened by Gregory XIII. In place of the broken aqueducts, in 1122 Callixtus II dug the artificial canal of Acqua Mariana, while in 1587 Sixtus V built the Felice aqueduct, which crosses Via Tuscolana near Porta Furba.

Until the beginning of the 20th century the territory boasted many vineyards and villas – most of which were destroyed due to the subsequent building expansion or, in a few surviving cases, whose area was greatly reduced (the present Villa Lais, Villa Fiorelli and Villa Lazzaroni) – as well as production plants and mills exploiting the water power of Acqua Mariana.[3]

 
Townhouse near Villa Fiorelli (1995).

The urbanization of the territory began with the master plan of 1909, which declared the areas within the railway to be suitable for small-size buildings and villas, including those that survived around Villa Fiorelli[4].
A tramway line connecting with the Roman castles was also inaugurated in 1903, the Sound stages of Cines film company in 1905 and the Motovelodromo Appio (later demolished) in 1910.

Both the size of the buildings and the population density, however, increased with the 1925 variant and the new 1931 master plan, resulting in an intensive urban fabric in the Quartieri Appio-Latino and Tuscolano, with tall buildings and very few green areas[5].
Meanwhile, in breach of the master plan, various unauthorized settlements arose – such as the Quadraro – as well as "hamlets" made of shacks built against the arches (on Via del Mandrione, at the Caffarella and at the Felice aqueduct, restored and demolished only in the late 1970s).[6]

The year 1937 saw the inauguration of the Cinecittà studios (together with the Istituto Luce and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia), where all the greatest directors and actors of Italian cinema shot movies and which became the "Hollywood on the Tiber" in the years of the Dolce Vita, with many famous American productions (the so-called "colossals").

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in World War II, the inhabitants actively participated in the Resistance, to the point that on 17 April 1944 the German army, as a reprisal, carried out a mop-up in the Quadraro, deporting between 700 and 950 men to Germany. On 17 April 2004 the then Municipio X was awarded the Gold Medal for Civil Valor.[7][8]

After the war, the building expansion continued with the intensive palaces of the Quartieri Don Bosco and Appio Claudio, eventually endangering the Caffarella valley; an exception were the "INA-Casa" buildings between Viale Spartaco and Via Selinunte (on-line, tower and one-family houses with an original urban design, built by the best architects of the "Neorealistic" movement, such as Adalberto Libera).
Moving towards the boundaries of the Municipality, there is a prevalence of both extensive buildings, which have been at least partly built illegally (Quarto Miglio, Statuario, Tor Fiscale, Capannelle, Osteria del Curato, Morena, Gregna, Romanina, Vermicino, Passolombardo), as well as modern districts with greater endowments of public green (Cinecittà Est, Torre di Mezzavia, Nuova Romanina, Nuova Tor Vergata).

The new Roman master plan includes the planning of the urban centrality of Anagnina-Romanina.[9]

Monuments and places of interest

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Cinecittà film studios.

Parks and villas

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Libraries

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  • Nelson Mandela, on Via La Spezia
  • Raffaello, on Via Tuscolana
  • Casa dei Bimbi, on Via Libero Leonardi

Human geography

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Historic divisions

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The territory of the Municipio includes the following toponymic districts of the Municipality of Rome.

Quartieri
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Administrative divisions

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The urban division of the territory includes the five urban zones of the former Municipio IX and the eleven ones of the former Municipio X. Its population is distributed as follows:[22]

Municipio Roma VII
9A Tuscolano Nord 22,004
9B Tuscolano Sud 47,904
9C Tor Fiscale 2,190
9D Appio 27,652
9E Latino 23,007
10A Don Bosco 52,600
10B Appio Claudio 29,872
10C Quarto Miglio 11,112
10D Pignatelli 6,737
10E Lucrezia Romana 5,280
10F Osteria del Curato 20,225
10G Romanina 7,449
10H Gregna 7,202
10I Barcaccia 11,175
10L Morena 32,227
10X Ciampino 518
Unaccounted 921
Total 308,075

Infrastructure and transport

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Streets

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Road mobility in radial direction is ensured by Via Appia Nuova, Via Tuscolana Via Anagnina, as well as the Rome-Naples motorway, which intersect the Grande Raccordo Anulare.

Railways

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  It is served by the following stations: San Giovanni, Re di Roma, Ponte Lungo, Furio Camillo, Colli Albani, Arco di Travertino, Porta Furba/Quadraro, Numidio Quadrato, Lucio Sestio, Giulio Agricola, Subaugusta, Cinecittà, Anagnina
  It is served by the following stations: San Giovanni, Lodi

  Lazio suburban rail. Line 1: Roma Tuscolana, Line 3: Roma Tuscolana, Line 4: Capannelle, Line 5: Roma Tuscolana, Line 6: Capannelle

Almost half of the Line A of the Metro runs inside the Municipio, including the large interchange junction of Anagnina, with the terminus of Cotral suburban bus services along Via Tuscolana, Via Casilina, Via Anagnina, Via Appia and Via Nettunense.

At the Ponte Lungo station it is possible to exchange at the Tuscolana station the FL1, FL3 and FL5 regional railway lines; the other station in the area is that of Capannelle on the FL4 and FL6 lines.

In 2015 the Lodi station of the Line C was inaugurated: it was a temporary terminus until the opening of the San Giovanni station in 2018.[23]

Airports

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Administration

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Period Office holder Party Title Notes
2013 2016 Susana Ana Maria Fantino Sinistra Ecologia Libertà President [24]
2016 Incumbent Monica Lozzi Movimento 5 Stelle / Revoluzione Civica President [25]


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Twinning

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The former Municipio IX was twinned with Hai, Hai District, Kilimanjaro Region,   Tanzania

Sport

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basketball

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  • Carver Cinecittà: in the season 2019–2020 plays in the men's Serie C championship.[26]
  • Cinecittà BK Polaris: in the season 2019–2020 plays in the men's Serie C championship.[26]

References

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  1. ^ A.P. Anzidei, G. Carboni, L. Carboni, M.A. Castagna, P. Catalano, R. Egidi, M. Malvone, D. Spadoni (26–29 November 2008). "Il gruppo Roma-Colli Albani della facies di Rinaldone: organizzazione spaziale, rituali e cultura materiale nelle necropoli di Lucrezia Romana e Romanina (Roma)". XLIII Riunione Scientifica IIPP – l'Età del rame in Italia. Bologna.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Anna Paola Anzidei; Giovanni Carboni (2020). Roma prima del mito. Abitati e necropoli dal neolitico alla prima età dei metalli nel territorio di Roma (VI-III millennio a.C.). Archaeopress. pp. 435–658.
  3. ^ See La Bella, pp. 31–57.
  4. ^ See La Bella, pp. 58–84.
  5. ^ See La Bella, pp. 85–113 and 125–138.
  6. ^ See La Bella, pp. 119–125.
  7. ^ "Il rastrellamento del quadraro – La Storia siamo noi". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  8. ^ "I 947 del Quadraro". www.de-angelis.net. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Centralità di Anagnina-Romanina". Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Porta Asinaria | Sovrintendenza". www.sovraintendenzaroma.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Mausoleo di Monte del Grano | Sovrintendenza". www.sovraintendenzaroma.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Colombari di via Taranto | Sovrintendenza". www.sovraintendenzaroma.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Colombario di Pomponio Hylas | Sovrintendenza". www.sovraintendenzaroma.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Antiquarium di Lucrezia Romana". Official website of the Appian Way Archaeological Park (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Acquedotti Claudio, Marcio e Anio Novus". Official website of the Appian Way Archaeological Park (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Caffarella". Official website of the Appian Way Archaeological Park (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Tombe della Via Latina". Official website of the Appian Way Archaeological Park (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Villa di Sette Bassi". Official website of the Appian Way Archaeological Park (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Villa Fiorelli, già Vigna Costantini | Sovrintendenza". www.sovraintendenzaroma.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Villa Lais, già Vigna della Campagnola | Sovrintendenza". www.sovraintendenzaroma.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Villa Lazzaroni | Sovrintendenza". www.sovraintendenzaroma.it. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  22. ^ Roma Capitale – Roma Statistica. Population recorded to the registry as of 31 December 2016 by urban zones.
  23. ^ "Tratta Lodi – Fori Imperiali". www.romametropolitane.it. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  24. ^ Center-left, elected in the ballot of the local elections of 9–10 June 2013 with 67.7% of the votes – Polling data
  25. ^ Movimento 5 Stelle, elected in the ballot of the local elections of 19 June 2016 with 64,82% of the votes. – Polling data
  26. ^ a b The regional championship on FIP website

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