Flaminio is the 1st of the Italian capital

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. Identified by the initials Q. I, it belongs to the Municipio II and has 13,018 inhabitants(Stand 31. December 2006) and an area of 1.1877 km². The name is derived from the

Via Flaminia The Via Flaminia () was an ancient Roman roads, Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to ''Ariminum'' (Rimini) on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the major option the Romans had f ...

. It comprises the codified as 2C and had 13,491 inhabitantsRoma Capitale – Département des ressources technologiques – services délégués – statistique. Immatriculée au Registre le 31 décembre 2010. in January 2010.

History

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, the

reached

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through a flat expanse of meadows, periodically inundated by the

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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 Parioli () is the 2nd of Rome, identified by the initials Q. II. The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 2B of the . The name comes from Monti Parioli, a series of tufa hills, and was given to the area before its incorporatio ...

hills. Hosting an International Expo in 1911, Flaminio prove itself to be a cultural and recreational district, with the subsequent construction of a racecourse (closed in 1929) and of the

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. 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 the construction works for the new

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began in 1994, Flaminio and the adjacent ''quartiere''

experienced an urban renewal process that lasted more than a decade, leading to the creation of

MAXXI MAXXI (, 'national museum of 21st-century arts') is a national museum of contemporary art and architecture in the Flaminio neighborhood of Rome, Italy. The museum is managed by a foundation created by the Italian Ministry of Culture. The buildi ...

in 2010 and to the inauguration of the new Ponte della Musica-

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in 2011. Over the years, the ''quartiere'' has become quite renowned and it is now regarded as a cultural benchmark, because of 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.

Geography

The territory of the quarter includes the

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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 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.

Boundaries

To the north and to the west, Flaminio is separated from ''Quartiere''

Della Vittoria Della Vittoria is the 15th ''quartiere'' of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials Q. XV. The toponym also indicates the urban zone 17B of Municipio I Municipio I is an administrative subdivision of the municipality of Rome, encompassing the ...

(Q. XV) by the stretch of the

between

and

Ponte Giacomo Matteotti Ponte Giacomo Matteotti (or briefly Ponte Matteotti), formerly ''Ponte del Littorio'', is a bridge that links Lungotevere Arnaldo da Brescia to Piazza delle Cinque Giornate in Rome (Italy), in the Rione Prati and in the Flaminio and Della Vittor ...

. Eastward, the ''quartiere'' borders with

(Q. II), being separated by the part of

between Piazza

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and Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski; it also borders with

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, the boundary being marked by Via Flaminia itself, between Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski and Piazzale Flaminio (

Porta del Popolo The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio. History The previous name was ''Porta Flaminia'', because the consular Via Flaminia p ...

). Southward, Flaminio is delimited by the

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(alongside Via Luisa di Savoia), that separates it from ''Rione''

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(R. IV).

Odonymy

In the area to the north of Piazzale delle Belle Arti, roads and squares are named after prominent artists, e.g.

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Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter who was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance, who was responsible for som ...

Cimabue Giovanni Cimabue ( , ; – 1302), Translated with an introduction and notes by J.C. and P Bondanella. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics), 1991, pp. 7–14. . also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian p ...

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Perin del Vaga Piero Bonaccorsi (1501 – October 19, 1547), known as Perino (or Perin) del Vaga, was an Italian painter and draughtsman of the Late Renaissance/Mannerism. Biography Perino was born near Florence. His father ruined himself by gambling, and b ...

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Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian Baroque painter, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but al ...

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, Raffaele Stern,

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. In the southern area, toponyms mostly commemorate jurists and philosophers, e.g. Domenico Alberto Azuni,

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, Francesco Carrara, Cardinal De Luca,

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, Matteo Renato Imbriani, Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, Enrico Pessina, Giuseppe Pisanelli,

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Places of interest

Civil buildings

* Palazzo Marina, in Lungotevere delle Navi, formerly seat of the Ministry of Navy, it now hosts the Italian Navy Chief of Staff.

Churches

* Santa Croce in Via Flaminia *

Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia () is a Roman Catholic churches of Rome, church dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle in Rome, Italy. The edifice is also known as ''Sant'Andrea del Vignola'', after its architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola. History It w ...

* Sant'Andrea a Ponte Milvio

Museums

* Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen

Other

* Monument to

Giacomo Matteotti Giacomo Matteotti (; 22 May 1885 – 10 June 1924) was an Italian socialist politician and secretary of the Unitary Socialist Party (PSU). He was elected deputy of the Chamber of Deputies three times, in 1919, 1921 and in 1924. On 30 May 19 ...

References

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