Regola is the 7th '' rione'' of

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, identified by the initials R. VII, and belongs to the Municipio I. The name comes from ''Arenula'' (the name is recognizable in the modern ''Via Arenula''), which was the name of the soft sand (''rena'' in Italian) that the river Tiber left after the floods, and that built strands on the left bank. The inhabitants of the ''rione'' are called ''Regolanti''. They were nicknamed ''mangiacode'' ('tail-eaters'), after the typical dish '' coda alla vaccinara'', which was a specialty of the many ''vaccinari'' ('butchers') of the ''rione''. The seal of the ''rione'' represents a rampant deer with a turquoise background.

History

During the

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, the area belonged to the ''

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''. In particular, in the modern Regola there was the Trigarium, the stadium where the riders of the ''triga'' (a cart with three horses) used to train. When Emperor

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divided

into 14 regions, the modern Regola belonged was included in the IX region called '' Circus Flaminius''. In the

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it entered the fourth of the seven new ecclesiastic regions, even if at that time the limits of the ''rioni'' were not very clear. Because of the very frequent floods of the river Tiber, the area was unhealthy and it was drained at the end of the Middle Ages. In 1586, when rione Borgo was established, the number of the ''rioni'' increased to 14, and Regola became the 7th, with the name of ''Arenulae et Chacabariorum''. In 1875, after the walls to stop the floods of the Tiber were built, the look of the area changed completely, removing all the things that grew up close to the river during the centuries. Though small, the ''rione'' contains many kinds of buildings: palaces, hospitals, churches, embassies, ancient prisons and poor houses.

Geography

Boundaries

To the north, Regola borders with Ponte (R. V), from which is separated by Via Bravaria, Vicolo della Scimia, Via delle Carceri and Via dei Banchi Vecchi; with Parione (R. VI), whose border is marked by Via dei Banchi Vecchi, Via del Pellegrino, Via dei Cappellari, Campo de' Fiori, Via dei Giubbonari; and with Sant'Eustachio (R. VIII), the boundary being outlined by Via dei Giubbonari, Piazza Benedetto Cairoli, Via Arenula and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto. To the east, it borders with Sant'Angelo (R. XI), from which is separated by Via di Santa Maria del Pianto and Piazza delle Cinque Scole, up to the Tiber. The Tiber itself briefly outlines the boundary with Ripa (R. XII),alongside the Tiber Island. Southward and westward, Regola borders with Trastevere (R. XIII), from which is separated by the stretch of the Tiber between

Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini, also known as Ponte Mazzini, is a bridge that links Lungotevere dei Sangallo to Lungotevere della Farnesina in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni Regola and Trastevere. Description The bridge was designed by engineers Viani an ...

and Ponte Garibaldi.

Places of interest

Palaces and other buildings

* Palazzo Cisterna, in Via Giulia. * Palazzo Falconieri, in Via Giulia. * Palazzo Farnese, in Piazza Farnese, seat of the French embassy. *

Palazzo Fusconi-Pighini The Palazzo Fusconi-Pighini is a Renaissance-style palace located on Piazza Farnese #44 in the rione Regola Regola is the 7th ''rione'' of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. VII, and belongs to the Municipio I. The name comes from ''Aren ...

, in Piazza Farnese. * Palazzo Piacentini, in Via Arenula, seat of the

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. *

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, in Piazza del Monte di Pietà. * Palazzo Spada and

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, in Piazza Capo di Ferro.

Churches

* Sant'Eligio degli Orefici * Santa Maria in Monticelli * Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini *

San Salvatore in Onda San Salvatore in Onda is a Roman Catholic church, located on via dei Pettinari #56-58, in rione Regola of Rome, Italy. The church is about a block southwest along the via from the church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini. History The Via ...

* Santo Spirito dei Napoletani *

Santa Caterina da Siena a Via Giulia Santa Caterina da Siena is a church in Rome dedicated to Catherine of Siena. It is sited on via Giulia in the Regola district. History This church is indissolubly linked to the history of the Archconfraternity of Siena in Rome, to which it st ...

Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte (''Saint Mary of Prayer and Death'') is a church in central Rome, Italy. It lies on Via Giulia between the Tiber and the Palazzo Farnese. History Santa Maria was built by a confraternity, that assumed respo ...

Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio Santi Giovanni e Petronio dei Bolognesi is a Roman Catholic church in central Rome, Italy. It is named after the Saints John the Evangelist and Petronius, who are patrons of the city of Bologna. This church was made the "national church" of the ...

San Paolo alla Regola San Paolo alla Regola, a church in the Regola area of Rome, was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope Pius XII in 1946. Its present Cardinal-Deacon, since 21 November 2010, is Francesco Monterisi, archpriest emeritus of the Basilica of Saint Paul ...

* San Tommaso ai Cenci *

Santa Maria del Pianto Santa Maria del Pianto is a late-Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in Venice, Italy. This dilapidated octagonal church in a forgotten corner of Venice was designed by Baldassare Longhena, and appears inspired by Longhena's Santa Maria della Sa ...

San Salvatore in Campo San Salvatore in Campo is a Roman Catholic church located on the small piazza of the same name, not far from the church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, in the Rione (district) of Regola of central Rome, Italy. History A parish church of th ...

* Santa Maria della Quercia * Santa Brigida * San Girolamo della Carità * Santa Caterina della Rota * San Tommaso di Canterbury * Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli * Santa Lucia del Gonfalone

Education

Public libraries in Regola include the ''Biblioteca Centrale dei Ragazzi''.Biblioteche ed i Centri specializzati
" City of Rome. Retrieved on 8 September 2012.

References

External links

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