Aurelio is the 13th ''

quartiere A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the title of (). Formed a ...

'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XIII. It belongs to the

Municipio XIII Municipio XIII is an administrative subdivision of the city of Rome. It was first created by Rome's City Council on 19 January 2001 and it has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections. Originally called ''Municipio XVIII'', since ...

and

Municipio XIV Municipio XIV is an administrative subdivision of the city of Rome. It was first created by Rome's City Council on 19 January 2001 and it has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections. Originally called '' Municipio XIX'', since 1 ...

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 The Via Aurelia () is a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC. The project was undertaken by Gaius Aurelius Cotta, who at that time was censor.Hornblower, Simon, & Antony Spawforth. ''The Oxford Classical Dictionary.'' 3rd ...

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 Trionfale () is the 14th of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XIV. The toponym also indicates the urban zone 19E of Municipio XIV. History Trionfale is among the first 15 '' quartieri'' of the city, originally delimited in 1911 and ...

(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

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. Eastward, the ''quartiere'' borders with ''

rione A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the title of (). Formed a ...

'' 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 Trastevere () is the 13th of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin (). Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lion on a red background, the meaning of which i ...

, the border being marked by the stretch of the

Janiculum walls The Janiculum walls (Italian: Mura gianicolensi) are a stretch of defensive walls erected in 1643 by Pope Urban VIII as a completion of the Leonine wall (defending the Vatican Hill) and for a better protection of the area of Rome rising on the r ...

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 Primavalle is the 27th of Rome, identified by the initials Q. XXVII. It is part of the Municipio XIV. History Thanks to several archaeological discoveries, the first settlements in the area can be dated back to 1st century BC: a structure of t ...

(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

, 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: * Authors and humanists, e.g. Via

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, Rampa

Antonio Ceriani Antonio Maria Ceriani (May 2, 1828 – March 2, 1907) was an Italian prelate, Syriacist, and scholar. Ceriani was born at Uboldo, in Lombardy. He was ordained a priest for his home diocese of Milan in 1852 and the same year was appointed keep ...

, Via Giacinto De Vecchi Pieralice, Via Giovanni Battista Gandino, Via Giacomo Giri, Via Giannozzo Manetti, Via Giorgio Merula, Via Umberto Moricca, Via Carlo Pascal, Via Ettore Stampini; * Cardinals, e.g. Via Cardinal Agliardi, Via Egidio Albornoz, Via Lodovico Altieri, Via Giovanni Bessarione, Piazza Francesco Borgongini Duca, Via Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Via Bonaventura Cerretti, Via del Cottolengo, Via Angelo Di Pietro, Via Cardinal Domenico Ferrata, Via Ludovico Micara, Via Cardinal Pacca, Via Giuseppe Pecci, Via Agostino Richelmy, Via Bartolomeo Roverella; * Jurists, e.g. Via Accursio, Via Francesco Albergotti, Via

Andrea Alciato Andrea Alciato (8 May 149212 January 1550), commonly known as Alciati (Andreas Alciatus), was an Italian jurist and writer. He is regarded as the founder of the French school of legal humanists. Biography Alciati was born in Alzate Brianza, n ...

, Via Baldo degli Ubaldi, Via Domenico Barone, Via Bartolo da Sassoferrato, Via Enrico Besta, Via Prospero Farinacci, Via Graziano, Via

Francesco Pacelli Francesco Pacelli (1 February 1872 – 22 April 1935), a nobleman of Acquapendente and Sant'Angelo in Vado, was an Italian lawyer and expert in canon law. He was the elder brother of Eugenio Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius XII. As a lay leg ...

, Via Francesco Scaduto, Via Francesco Schupfer; * Local toponyms,e.g. Via Aurelia, Via del Casale di San Pio V, Via della Cava Aurelia, Via delle Fornaci, Via di Monte del Gallo, Via della Stazione di San Pietro, Via di Valle Aurelia, Via di Villa Betania; * Popes, e.g. Via Anastasio II, Via Bonifacio VIII, Piazzale e Via Gregorio VII, Via Innocenzo III, Via Innocenzo XI, Via Leone XIII, Via Marcello II, Via Paolo II, Via Pelagio I, Via Pio IV, Largo e Via San Pio V, Piazza Pio XI, Via Sabiniano, Via Sant'Agatone papa Via San Damaso, Via Sant'Evaristo, Via San Lucio, Via Sant'Ormisda, Via San Silverio, Via San Telesforo.

Places of interest

Civil buildings

* Villa Abamelek * Villa Carpegna

Religious buildings

* Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri, in Piazza Santa Maria delle Fornaci. * San Pio V a Villa Carpegna, in Largo San Pio V. * Santa Maria del Riposo, on the corner between Via Aurelia and Via della Madonna del Riposo. * Santa Maria della Visitazione all'Aurelio, in Via di Torre Rossa. :a former cloister annexed to the church of San Pio V, now included within the grounds of the

Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music The Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (; ) is an institution of higher education of the Roman Catholic Church specifically dedicated to the study of religious music, church music. It is based in Rome, Italy, located in the former Pontifical Ab ...

. * San Gregorio VII, in Via Gregorio VII. * Santa Maria Mediatrice, in Via di Santa Maria Mediatrice. * Sant'Ambrogio, in Via Girolamo Vitelli. * San Giuseppe Cottolengo, in Via di Valle Aurelia. * Santa Maria della Provvidenza, in Via degli Embrici. * Santa Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea, in Via Santa Bernadette. * San Leone, in Via di Boccea. * Santi Protomartiri Romani, in Via Angelo Di Pietro. * Santa Caterina martire, in Via del Lago Terrione. :it is an Orthodox place of worship, located within the park of Villa Abamelek.

Archaeological sites

* Catacomb of Calepodius * Porta Cavalleggeri * Porta San Pancrazio

Parks

* Pineto Regional Park

References

External links

* * {{Cite web, url=https://www.comune.roma.it/web/it/municipio-xiv.page, title=Municipio Roma XIV, website=Roma Capitale