Regola is the 7th of

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, Italy, identified by the initials R. VII, and belongs to the

Municipio I Municipio I is an administrative subdivision of the municipality of Rome, encompassing the centre of the city. It was first created by Rome's city council on 19 January 2001 and has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections. On 11 ...

. The name comes from (the name is recognizable in the modern ''Via Arenula''), which was the name of the soft sand ( in

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) that the river

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left after the floods, and that built strands on the left bank. The inhabitants of the are called . They were nicknamed ('tail-eaters'), after the typical dish , which was a specialty of the many ('butchers') of the . The seal of the 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 ''trigarium'' was an equestrian training ground in the northwest corner of the Campus Martius ("Field of Mars") in ancient Rome. Its name was taken from the ''triga'', a three-horse chariot. The ''trigarium'' was an open space located south ...

'', the stadium where the riders of the ''triga'' (a cart with three horses) used to train. When

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divided

into 14 regions, the modern Regola belonged was included in the IX region called ''

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''. 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

, 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 Parione is the 6th of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. VI, and belongs to the Municipio I. Its name comes from the fact that in the area there was a huge ancient wall, maybe belonging to the stadium of Domitianus; the nickname people ...

(R. VI), whose border is marked by Via dei Banchi Vecchi, Via del Pellegrino, Via dei Cappellari,

Campo de' Fiori Campo de' Fiori (, ) is a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, at the border between the ''Rioni of Rome, rioni'' Parione and Regola (rione of Rome), Regola. It is diagonally southeast of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and one ...

, Via dei Giubbonari; and with

Sant'Eustachio Sant'Eustachio () is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, named for the martyr Saint Eustace. It is located on Via di Sant'Eustachio in the Sant'Eustachio (rione of Rome), rione Sant'Eustachio, a block west of the Pantheo ...

(R. VIII), the boundary being outlined by Via dei Giubbonari, Piazza

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, 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

. The Tiber itself briefly outlines the boundary with Ripa (R. XII), alongside the

Tiber Island The Tiber Island (, Latin: ''Insula Tiberina'') is the only river island in the part of the Tiber which runs through Rome. Tiber Island is located in the southern bend of the Tiber. The island is boat-shaped, approximately long and wide, and ha ...

. Southward and westward, Regola borders with

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 ...

(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 and ...

and

Ponte Garibaldi Ponte Garibaldi is a bridge that links Lungotevere De' Cenci to Piazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni Regola and Trastevere. Description The bridge was designed by architect Angelo Vescovali and built between 1884 and ...

Places of interest

Palaces and other buildings

* Palazzo Cisterna, in

Via Giulia The Via Giulia is a street of historical and architectural importance in Rome, Italy, which runs along the left (east) bank of the Tiber from ''Piazza San Vincenzo Pallotti'', near Ponte Sisto, to ''Piazza dell'Oro''. It is about 1 kilometre lon ...

. *

Palazzo Falconieri The Palazzo Falconieri is a palace in Rome, Italy formed in the seventeenth century as a result of remodelling by the Baroque architect Francesco Borromini. It is the home of the Hungarian Academy Rome (which is the Rome office of the Balassi ...

, in Via Giulia. *

Palazzo Farnese Palazzo Farnese () or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and currently serves as the French e ...

, in

Piazza Farnese Piazza Farnese is the main square of the Regola district of Rome, Italy. History The history and breadth of the square began in 16th century, when Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, future Paul III, bought several houses on the square to demolish t ...

, seat of the French embassy. * Palazzo Fusconi-Pighini, in Piazza Farnese. * Palazzo Piacentini, in Via Arenula, seat of the

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. *

Palazzo del Monte di Pietà A mount of piety is an institutional pawnbroker run as a charity in Europe from Renaissance times until today. Similar institutions were established in the colonies of Catholic countries; the Mexican Nacional Monte de Piedad is still in operation ...

, in Piazza del Monte di Pietà. *

Palazzo Spada The Palazzo Spada is a palace located on Piazza di Capo Ferro #13 in the rione Regola of Rome, Italy. Standing very close to the Palazzo Farnese, it has a garden facing towards the Tiber river. The palace accommodates a large art collection, ...

and

Galleria Spada The Galleria Spada is a museum in Rome, which is housed in the Palazzo Spada on Piazza Capo di Ferro. The palazzo is also famous for its façade and for the forced perspective gallery by Francesco Borromini. The gallery exhibits paintings from t ...

, in Piazza Capo di Ferro. * Palazzo Cenci, in Via Beatrice Cenci. * Palazzetto Cenci, in Piazza Cenci.

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 Santo Spirito dei Napoletani is a Roman Catholic church on via Giulia, in the Regola ''rione'' of Rome. It was the national church of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and is now the regional church for Campania. History In Pope Pius V's catalogue ...

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 stil ...

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 *

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

* San Tommaso ai Cenci * Santa Maria del Pianto * San Salvatore in Campo * Santa Maria della Quercia * Santa Brigida *

San Girolamo della Carità San Girolamo della Carità is a church in Rome, Italy, located near the Palazzo Farnese and Campo de' Fiori. History According to tradition, this is the site of the domus of the matron Paula of Rome, Saint Paola who hosted Saint Jerome when he s ...

* Santa Caterina della Rota *

San Tommaso di Canterbury The Venerable English College (), commonly referred to as the English College, is a Catholic seminary in Rome, Italy, for the training of priests for England and Wales. It was founded in 1579 by William Allen on the model of the English College ...

Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli The Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat, known as Church of Holy Mary in Monserrat of the Spaniards (, , ) is a Roman Catholic Titular church, titulus church and National churches in Rome, National Church in Rome of Spain, dedicat ...

Santa Lucia del Gonfalone Santa Lucia del Gonfalone is a church in the diocese of Rome, Italy. It is located on Via dei Banchi Vecchi just one block south of Corso Vittorio Emanuele. The former site of the Archconfraternity of the Gonfalone, the Claretian Missionaries ...

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

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