Aurelio (Rome) Explained

Official Name:Q. XIII Aurelio
Settlement Type:Quartiere of Rome
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Lazio
Subdivision Type2:Metropolitan City
Subdivision Name2:Rome
Subdivision Type3:Comune
Subdivision Name3:Rome
Subdivision Type4:Municipio
Subdivision Name4:Municipio XIII
Municipio XIV
Established Title:Established
Established Date:20 August 1921[1]
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:4.7151
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:41920
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
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Aurelio is the 13th quartiere of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XIII. It belongs to the Municipio XIII and Municipio XIV.

History

Aurelio is among the first 15 quartieri of the city, originally delimited in 1911 and officially established in 1921. It takes its name from the Via Aurelia.

Geography

The territory of the quarter includes the urban zones 18A Aurelio Sud, 18D Aurelio Nord and part of the urban zone 19A Medaglie d'Oro.

Boundaries

To the north, the quarter borders with quartiere Trionfale (Q. XIV), from which it is separated by Via del Pineto Torlonia, Via di Valle Aurelia, Via Angelo Emo, Via Anastasio II, Via Aurelia, Via di Porta Pertusa and Viale Vaticano up to the Vatican wall. To the north, Aurelio also borders with the Vatican City.

Eastward, the quartiere borders with rione Borgo (R. XIV), from which is separated by the stretch of the Leonine Walls beside Via di Porta Cavalleggeri, Largo di Porta Cavalleggeri and Viale delle Mura Aurelie, and with rione Trastevere, the border being marked by the stretch of the Janiculum walls between Porta Portese and Porta San Pancrazio.

Southward, the quarter borders with quartiere Gianicolense (Q. XII), whose border is delineated by the stretch of Via di San Pancrazio between Piazzale Aurelio and Via Aurelia Antica and by the latter, up to Via di Torre Rossa.

To the west, Aurelio borders with suburbio Aurelio (S. IX), from which it is separated by Via di Torre Rossa, Piazza di Villa Carpegna, Circonvallazione Aurelia, Circonvallazione Cornelia, Via Pier delle Vigne, Via di Boccea and Largo di Boccea. Westward, Aurelio also borders with quartiere Primavalle (Q. XXVII), whose boundary is outlined by Largo di Boccea, Via Domenico Tardini and Via della Pineta Sacchetti, up to Via del Pineto Torlonia.

Odonymy

Being the quarter very close to the Vatican City, streets and squares are mainly named after popes and prominent cardinals. In the northern part of the quartiere, however, hodonyms remember ancient jurists; whilst, in the north-western part, some streets are dedicated to authors and humanists. Odonyms of the quarter can be categorized as follows:

Places of interest

Civil buildings

Religious buildings

a former cloister annexed to the church of San Pio V, now included within the grounds of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music.

it is an Orthodox place of worship, located within the park of Villa Abamelek.

Archaeological sites

Parks

External links

Notes and 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.