Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the

Municipio VIII Municipio VIII is an administrative subdivision of the city of Rome. It was first created by Rome's City Council on 11 March 2013 after the abolition of the former ''Municipio XI'' and it has a president who is elected during the mayoral elect ...

(ex-Municipio XI) of Rome ''

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'', Italy, in the

Ostiense Ostiense is the 10th of Rome, identified by the initials Q. X. The toponym comes from the original name of the Porta San Paolo, a gate in the city walls of Rome, was , because it was located at the beginning of Via Ostiensis, Via Ostiense. It ...

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. Its population counts nearly 45,000.

History

Garbatella was founded on February 18, 1920, on an estate bearing the same name, lying on a hill adjacent to the

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (, ) is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major, as well as one of the city’s Seven Pilgrim Ch ...

. The older section of the area is divided into project units (), each of them made of several buildings grouped together around a common garden, a design that was borrowed from the English

Garden city movement The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with Green belt, greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, i ...

. The garden serves as an informal meeting point for all the families that live in the buildings. The area expanded rapidly and by 1930 it had the highest population density in Rome.

Places of interest

*The Teatro Palladium, an historic theatre in Rome, now run by

Roma Tre University Roma Tre University () is an Italian public research university in Rome, Italy. All its offices and departments are located in the Ostiense district area. Founded in 1992 by the Ministry of Public Education, under the request of several prof ...

. *Close to the

Via Cristoforo Colombo Via Cristoforo Colombo (or just ''la Colombo'', as it is often called by the Romans; ) is a street in Rome (Italy) that links the historic centre to Ostia. Along most of its route, the street has three lanes for each direction of movement. With ...

, the imposing building of the Regional Council of Lazio region.

Transport

* Garbatella

Line B (Rome Metro) Line B is a metro line serving Rome, Italy, and part of the Rome Metro. Despite its name, Line B was the first line to be built in the city. It crosses Rome diagonally from north-east, starting at Rebibbia and at Jonio stations, to south, t ...

station.

People

Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Italy since 2022. She is the first woman to hold the office. A member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies since 2006, s ...

, the incumbent

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, grew up in Garbatella.

References

External links

* * De Michelis, Antonella (2009). "The Garden Suburb of Garbatella, 1920–1929: Defining Community and Identity through Planning in Post‐war Rome". ''Planning Perspectives'', 24(4): 509-520. DOI: 10.1080/02665430903145721 * Vardheim, Linn. "10 Best Things to See and Do in Garbatella, Rome". ''Culture Trip''. Available at: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/the-best-things-to-see-and-do-in-garbatella-rome/ Subdivisions of Rome Rome Q. X Ostiense {{Rome-stub