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21-481: Parioli ( Italian pronunciation: [paˈrjɔːli] ) is the 2nd quartiere of Rome , identified by the initials Q. II . The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 2B of the Municipio Roma II . The name comes from Monti Parioli , a series of tufa hills, and was given to the area before its incorporation into the city proper at the beginning of the 20th century. Some suggest that

42-572: A cultural and recreational district, with the subsequent construction of a racecourse (closed in 1929) and of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna . During the I World War , the industrial area was reconverted for military purposes: the big Società Automobili Roma plant became a weapon factory, the Reale Fabbrica di Armi , and many little constructions, with a simple and linear architecture, were built to host barracks and laboratories. When

63-734: The Via Flaminia reached Ponte Milvio through a flat expanse of meadows, periodically inundated by the Tiber floods. In 1905, the Società Automobili Roma choose the area in the bight of the river to build its production plants, and in the following years, along with the completion of the industrial zone, the first urban interventions start in the area between the Tiber and the Parioli hills. Hosting an International Expo in 1911, Flaminio prove itself to be

84-538: The quartiere borders with Parioli (Q. II), being separated by the part of Via Flaminia between Piazza Cardinal Consalvi and Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski ; it also borders with Pinciano , the boundary being marked by Via Flaminia itself, between Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski and Piazzale Flaminio ( Porta del Popolo ). Southward, Flaminio is delimited by the Aurelian Walls (alongside Via Luisa di Savoia ), that separates it from Rione Campo Marzio (R. IV). In

105-510: The quartiere borders with Quartiere Flaminio (Q. I), the boundary being the stretch of Via Flaminia between Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski and Piazza Cardinal Consalvi . Main roads in the area are: Other roads and squares of the district are chiefly named after nations and cities. Odonyms of Parioli can be categorized as follows: 41°55′55.57″N 12°29′12.55″E  /  41.9321028°N 12.4868194°E  / 41.9321028; 12.4868194 Quarters of Rome They form

126-516: The Italians abroad ( Giardino Italiani nel Mondo ), Piazza Gentile da Fabriano is one of the principal squares of the quartiere , along with Piazza Perin del Vaga, where a distinctive public house complex is located, Piazza Alighiero Boetti and Piazzale delle Belle Arti. To the north and to the west, Flaminio is separated from Quartiere Della Vittoria (Q. XV) by the stretch of the Tiber between Ponte Milvio and Ponte Giacomo Matteotti . Eastward,

147-648: The XVII becoming Trieste in 1946 and the XVI becoming Monte Sacro in 1951. Other quarters have been renamed: the quarter XV, previously called Milvio , became Della Vittoria in 1935, while the III, once known as Vittorio Emanuele III in honor of the King of Italy , was renamed Pinciano in 1946. In 1961, 18 more quarters were established and numbered XVIII to XXXV. Some of the new quarters were created dismembering five eastern suburbs of

168-629: The area to the north of Piazzale delle Belle Arti, roads and squares are named after prominent artists, e.g. Alighiero Boetti , Sandro Botticelli , Luigi Canina , Carracci , Correggio , Cimabue , Donatello , Pietro da Cortona , Melozzo da Forlì , Masolino da Panicale , Perin del Vaga , Cesare Fracassini , Ferdinando Fuga , Gentile da Fabriano , Ghirlandaio , Masaccio , Girolamo Muziano , Perin del Vaga , Perugino , Pinturicchio , Guido Reni , Antoniazzo Romano , Giulio Romano , Luca Signorelli , Raffaele Stern , Giovanni Battista Tiepolo , Giorgio Vasari , Vignola , Virginio Vespignani . In

189-413: The area, Filonardi and Giorgi. In their project, the new thoroughfare is conceived as a "city promenade", a tree-lined street with a lateral riding track and flanked by elegant houses. Viale Parioli was then extended up to Viale Liegi , and two more boulevards were built, Viale Tiziano and Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski : however, the construction of new buildings turned out to be quite difficult, because of

210-506: The building archetype for the borough. During the Fascist regime, Parioli was the residence of many high-ranking party and state functionaries. Urbanization was completed in the 1950s, and today, Parioli is known as Rome's most elegant residential area. A number of foreign embassies are located there. The quartiere is in the northern area of the town, close to the left bank of the Tiber . The area extends approximately from Via Salaria and

231-525: The city, some others were established in the rural area around the city, the so called Agro Romano (the remaining part of the Agro Romano was divided into zones in the same year). Flaminio (Rome) 41°55′34.72″N 12°28′9.73″E  /  41.9263111°N 12.4693694°E  / 41.9263111; 12.4693694 Flaminio is the 1st quartiere of the Italian capital Rome . Identified by

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252-426: The construction works for the new auditorium began in 1994, Flaminio and the adjacent quartiere Parioli experienced an urban renewal process that lasted more than a decade, leading to the creation of MAXXI in 2010 and to the inauguration of the new Ponte della Musica - Armando Trovajoli in 2011. Over the years, the quartiere has become quite renowned and it is now regarded as a cultural benchmark, because of

273-423: The east, Parioli borders with Quartiere Trieste (Q. XVII), the boundary being marked by Via Salaria , between Ponte Salario and Viale Liegi . Southward, it borders with Quartiere Salario (Q. IV), whose border is marked by Viale Liegi and with Quartiere Pinciano (Q. III): it is separated from Parioli by Viale dei Parioli and by Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski , all the way to Via Flaminia . Westward,

294-555: The end of Viale Regina Margherita , to the slope descending towards the Tiber and the Museum of Modern Art, in the Viale delle Belle Arti. The other two sides are approximately delineated by Villa Borghese and Villa Ada . In 19th century, Viale Regina Margherita was a tree-lined avenue that led from the neighborhood of the San Lorenzo district to the fields of Monti Parioli. The territory of

315-523: The initials Q. I , it belongs to the Municipio II and has 13,018 inhabitants and an area of 1.1877 km . The name is derived from the Via Flaminia . It comprises the zona urbanistica codified as 2C and had 13,491 inhabitants in January 2010. Flaminio is among the first 15 quartieri of the city, originally delimited in 1911 and officially established in 1921. Up until the end of 19th century,

336-420: The name stems from peraioli ("pear harvesters"), as it was once the site of pear orchards. Parioli is among the first 15 quartieri of the city that were built beyond the Aurelian Walls , originally delimited in 1911 and officially established in 1921. Parioli began as an upper-class district in the first years of 20th century, with the construction of Viale Parioli, sponsored by two major landowners of

357-406: The peculiar orography of the area, and following to the crash of some development companies new constructions were put on hiatus. According to the development plan drafted by engineer Edmondo Sanjust di Teulada in 1909, only detached houses and cottages with vast gardens were intended to rise up in the future urbanization, but in 1922 a specific regulation defined apartment houses without garden as

378-428: The quarter includes the urban zones 2A Villaggio Olimpico and 2B Parioli . Northward, the quartiere borders with Quartiere Tor di Quinto (Q. XVIII), separated from Parioli by the stretch of the Tiber between Ponte Milvio and the river Aniene , and with Zona Val Melaina (Z. I), whose border is defined by the stretch of the river Aniene between its immission in the Tiber and Ponte Salario . To

399-460: The second level of administrative sub-divisions of Roma Capitale . Together they cover 171.38 km and hold 1483913 inhabitants. The first 15 quarters were officially founded and numbered in 1926, after first being drafted in 1911. As of 1930 there were two more unofficial quarters: the quarter XVI, which was called Città Giardino Aniene in 1924; and the quarter XVII, that was named Savoia in 1926. These two were later officially renamed,

420-406: The several museums and theaters. The real estate worth is very high, so that the district is now put on par with the historic center. The territory of the quarter includes the urban zone 2C Flaminio . The main arteries of the quarter are Viale Pinturicchio, Via Guido Reni and Viale del Vignola, all connecting Via Flaminia to Piazza Gentile da Fabriano. With its central garden, dedicated to all

441-413: The southern area, toponyms mostly commemorate jurists and philosophers, e.g. Domenico Alberto Azuni , Cesare Beccaria , Francesco Carrara , Cardinal De Luca , Gaetano Filangieri , Emanuele Gianturco , Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina , Matteo Renato Imbriani , Pasquale Stanislao Mancini , Enrico Pessina , Giuseppe Pisanelli , Gian Domenico Romagnosi , Giambattista Vico . This Rome -related article

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