Lungotevere delle Armi (

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for ''Lungotevere of the Weapons'') is the stretch of

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that links Piazza Monte Grappa to Piazza delle Cinque Giornate in

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), in Della Vittoria District.Rendina-Paradisi, p. 132. Near the Lungoteveere there was a square, no more existing, used for square-bashings (from which the Lungotevere took its name): in the area

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and his circus camped in 1906,

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made his fly experiments and an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy took place in 1911.

Architecture

Lungotevere delle Armi displays some mansions (''villini''), whose architecture is a mix of

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features, following the fashion in vogue between 1909 and 1911, on the occasion of the ''National Contest of Architecture'' within the exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy; some edifices built at that time were later demolished.

Villini

*Villino Rossellini *Villino Brasini *Villino Campos

Notes

Sources

*{{cite book, last1=Rendina , first1=Claudio, last2=Paradisi , first2=Donatella, title = Le strade di Roma. 1st volume A-D, edition= 2004, publisher = Newton Compton Editori, Rome, isbn=88-541-0208-3 Armi Rome Q. XV Della Vittoria