Tuscolano

Tuscolano is the 8th quartiere of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. VIII. The name derives from the ancient road Via Tuscolana. It belongs to the Municipio V and Municipio VII.

Q. VIII Tuscolano
Quartiere of Rome
The beginning of Via Tuscolana in Piazza Sulmona
The beginning of Via Tuscolana in Piazza Sulmona
Position of the quartiere within the city of Rome
Position of the quartiere within the city of Rome
CountryItaly
RegionLazio
Metropolitan CityRome
ComuneRome
MunicipioMunicipio V
Municipio VII
Established20 August 1921[1]
Area
  Total2.7634 sq mi (7.1572 km2)
Population
 (2016)[2]
  Total103,446
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

The origins of the territory - which, as for the landscape, social and cultural aspect is now totally similar to Appio-Latino - can be dated back to the Middle Age, when the road that gave it its name, the Via Tuscolana, was first mentioned in a papal seal Honorius III issued in 1217. The road was built to link Rome with Tusculum but does not seem to have a classical origin: nothing to do with the road has the imperial mausoleum known as Monte del Grano (which was related to the nearby Roman villa called Ad Duas Lauros), nor do the columbaria of Via Pescara, which were probably built along a cross street of the Via Labicana. The first archaeological vestige that can be certainly connected to the Via Tuscolana is the Torre del Quadraro, a 12th-century guard tower.

The territory of the quartiere is crossed by five imposing aqueducts built between 144 BC and 212 AD: Aqua Marcia, Aqua Tepula and Aqua Iulia, gathered together within the same structure, Aqua Claudia and Anio Novus, as well as the Aqua Antoniniana, an offshoot of the Aqua Marcia. Up to the 1930s, the territory was also cut through by the Acqua Mariana, which is dated back to 1122 by the Liber Pontificalis: it was commissioned by Pope Callixtus II to allow the irrigation of the Ager Lateranense, the fields surrounding Saint John Lateran.

Geography

The territory of the quarter includes the urban zones 9A Tuscolano Nord, 9B Tuscolano Sud, 9C Tor Fiscale, 6C Quadraro, as well as part of the urban zones 10A Don Bosco and 10B Appio Claudio.

The most relevant roads of the quartiere are Via Tuscolana, Via Appia Nuova and Via Casilina. The nerve center of the traffic is Piazza Re di Roma (which is shared with Quartiere Appio-Latino).

Boundaries

Northward, Tuscolano borders with Rione Esquilino (R. XV), from which it is separated by the portion of the Aurelian Walls between Piazzale Appio and Piazzale Labicano, and with Quartiere Prenestino-Labicano (Q. VII), whose boundary is outlined by the stretch of Via Casilina between Piazzale Labicano and Via di Centocelle.

Eastward, the quarter borders with Quartiere Don Bosco (Q. XXIV), whose border is marked by Via di Centocelle and Via dell'Aeroporto. To the south-west, it borders with Quartiere Appio Claudio (Q. XXV): the boundary is delineated by the stretch of Via del Quadraro between Via Tuscolana and Via Appia Nuova.

To the south, the quarter borders with Quartiere Appio-Pignatelli (Q. XXVI), from which it is separated by the stretch of Via Appia Nuova between Via del Quadraro and Via dell'Almone.

To the west, Quartiere Tuscolano borders with Quartiere Appio-Latino (Q. IX): the boundary is marked by the stretch of Via Appia Nuova between Via dell'Almone and Piazzale Appio.

Odonymy

Streets and squares of Tuscolano are mostly named after Italian towns in the northern part, Roman personalities and consuls in the south-eastern part and towns of Lazio in the central part. The roads near the former Centocelle airport are named after prominent aviators. Odonyms of the quarter can be categorized as follows:

Places of interest

Civil buildings

  • Casale delle Forme, in Piazza dei Tribuni. 16th-century farmstead. 41.865368°N 12.549990°E / 41.865368; 12.549990
  • Casale del Parco di Tor Fiscale, in Via dell'Acquedotto Felice. 16th-century farmstead. 41.860103°N 12.544101°E / 41.860103; 12.544101
  • Villa La Favorita, in Via Casilina. 18th-century villa.
  • Residential buildings of the Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari Appio II, in Via La Spezia. 20th-century public housing buildings (1924).
3 buildings in barocchetto romano style, designed by architect Camillo Palmerini.
A 1927 residential building in Piazza dell'Alberone, commissioned by the IACP to Camillo Palmerini (1995)
3 buildings in barocchetto romano style, designed by architect Camillo Palmerini.
designed by architects Alberto Calza Bini and Mario De Renzi.
Art nouveau complex designed between 1926 and 1928 by architect Vincenzo Fasolo.
  • Palazzo delle Poste, in Via Taranto. 20th-century rationalist post office. (1933–35).[4]
designed by architect Giuseppe Samonà.

Religious buildings

  • Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio a Porta Furba, in Via Tuscolana. 20th-century church (1916).
  • Santa Maria Immacolata e San Giuseppe Benedetto Labre, on the corner between Via Taranto and Via Monza. 20th-century church (1928).
  • Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, in Piazza di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice. 20th-century church (1931–38).
  • Santi Fabiano e Venanzio, in Piazza di Villa Fiorelli. 20th-century church (1933–36).
  • Santi Antonio di Padova e Annibale Maria, in Piazza Asti. 20th-century church (1947–48).
  • Santo Stefano Protomartire, in Via di Torre del Fiscale. 20th-century church (1954–55).
  • Assunzione di Maria, in Largo Spartaco. 20th-century church (1961–70).
  • San Giuseppe Cafasso, in Via Camillo Manfroni. 20th-century church (1968).
  • San Gaspare del Bufalo, in Via Rocca di Papa. 20th-century church designed by architect Pier Luigi Nervi (1976–81).
  • Santa Giulia Billiart, in Viale Antonio Averulino Filarete. 20th-century church (1989–91).
  • Santissimo Corpo e Sangue di Cristo, in Via Narni. 20th-century church (1991).

Archaeological sites

Viale Castrense (1982)
Tor Fiscale.
Aqueducts

References

  1. Municipal Council Resolution nr. 20.
  2. Roma Capitale – Roma Statistica. Population inscribed in the resident register at 31 December 2016 by toponymy subdivision.
  3. Davide Di Battista. "Case ICP Ponte Lungo". ArchiDiAP.
  4. Flavia88. "Ufficio postale in via Taranto". ArchiDiAP.
  5. "Sepolcro di via Filarete". Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali.
  6. "Colombari di via Taranto". Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali.
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