Quartiere of Rome in Lazio, Italy
Trionfale (Italian pronunciation:
[tri.oɱˈfaːle]) is the 14th
quartiere of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XIV. The toponym also indicates the
urban zone 19E of
Municipio XIV.
History
Trionfale is among the first 15
quartieri of the city, originally delimited in 1911 and officially established in 1921. It takes its name from the
Via Trionfale. During the
Middle Age the pilgrims coming from the
Via Francigena used to travel along this road in order to get to Rome. The little church of
San Lazzaro in Borgo, where pilgrims had to stop before entering the city walls, bears witness to this.
Geography
Boundaries
To the north, the quarter borders with
suburbio
Della Vittoria (S. XI), from which it is separated by the stretch of
Via Trionfale between Via della Pineta Sacchetti and Via Igea.
To the west, Trionfale borders with quartiere
Della Vittoria (Q. XV), whose border is delineated by the stretch of Via Trionfale between Via Igea and Viale delle Milizie, as well as with
rione
Prati (R. XXII), the boundary being marked by Via
Leone IV.
Southward, Trionfale shares its border with the
Vatican City and with quartiere
Aurelio, from which it is separated by Viale Vaticano, Via di Porta Pertusa, Via Aurelia, Via
Anastasio II, Via Angelo Emo, Via di Valle Aurelia and Via del Pineto Torlonia.
To the east, the quartiere borders with quartiere
Primavalle (Q. XXVII), whose boundary is delineated by Via della Pineta Sacchetti.
Odonymy
Odonyms are focused, in the southern part of Trionfale, on prominent admirals,
Navy heroes and naval combats; in the north-western area, streets and squares are mostly named after Italian war heroes (next to Viale delle Medaglie d'Oro) and ancient authors. The avenues within the park of Via Proba Petronia are named for Italian actors. Some streets close to Circonvallazione Trionfale are named after famous philosophers. Odonyms of the quarter can be categorized as follows:
- Actors, e.g. viale
Gianni Agus, viale
Galeazzo Benti, viale
Gino Bramieri, viale
Memmo Carotenuto;
- Admirals and Navy heroes, e.g. viale degli
Ammiragli, via
Marcantonio Bragadin, piazzale
Ammiraglio Bergamini, via
Antonio Canal, via
Francesco Caracciolo, via
Pietro de Cristofaro, via
Ruggero di Lauria, via
Andrea Doria, via
Angelo Emo, via
Domenico Millelire, piazza
Francesco Morosini, via
Gino Nais, via
Vittor Pisani, via
Luigi Rizzo, via
Giorgio Scalia, via
Francesco Sivori, via
Sebastiano Veniero, via
Sebastiano Ziani;
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Italian war heroes, e.g. via
Guido Alessi, via
Ugo Bartolomei, via
Alberto Cadlolo, largo e via
Damiano Chiesa, via
Ugo De Carolis, largo
Giuseppe di Montezemolo, piazzale degli Eroi, via
Genserico Fontana, piazza e via
Attilio Friggeri, via
Alfredo Fusco, via
Duccio Galimberti, via
Luigi Gherzi, via
Aladino Govoni, via
Guglielmo Grandjacquet, piazzale e viale delle
Medaglie d'Oro, via
Vittorio Montiglio, via
Pier Ruggero Piccio, via
Pantaleone Rapino, via
Romeo Rodriguez Pereira, Rampa
Sergio Sartof, via
Alfredo Serranti;
- Latin and Greek authors, e.g. piazza
Ammiano Marcellino, via
Arnobio, via
Cornelio Nepote, via
Cremuzio Cordo, via
Elio Donato, via
Emilio Draconzio, piazza
Ennio, via
Fedro, via
Festo Avieno, via
Firmico Materno, piazza
Giovenale, via
Lattanzio, via
Livio Andronico, via
Lucilio, via
Lucio Apuleio, via
Marziale, via
Nevio, via
Orbilio, via
Pacuvio, via
Paolo Orosio, via
Polibio, via
Pomponio Porfirione, via
Prisciano, via
Proba Petronia, via
Quintiliano, via
Seneca, via
Silio Italico, via
Svetonio, viale
Tito Livio, via
Vegezio, via
Venanzio Fortunato;
- Naval combats, e.g. via
Candia, via
Cipro, via
della Meloria, via
Ostia, via
Rialto, via
Santamaura, via
Tolemaide, via
Tunisi;
- Philosophers, e.g. via
Giacomo Barzellotti, via
Giovanni Bovio, via
Giordano Bruno, via
Tommaso Campanella, via
Enrico Caporali, via
Marsilio Ficino, via
Antonio Genovesi, via
Giovanni Gentile, via
Pietro Giannone, via
Antonio Labriola, via
Aonio Paleario, via
Carlo Passaglia, viale
Platone, via
Plotino, via
Pietro Pomponazzi, via
San Tommaso d'Aquino, via
Paolo Sarpi, piazzale
Socrate, via
Bernardino Telesio, via
Bernardino Varisco;
- Local toponyms, e.g. piazza e via della
Balduina, via di Casal Ciocci, via Massimi, clivo delle
Mura Vaticane, via di Valle Aurelia, viale Vaticano.
Places of interest
Civil buildings
Religious buildings
Military buildings
Parks
Politics
Cecilia D'Elia won the
2022 Rome Trionfale by-election.
References
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^ Municipal Council Resolution nr. 20.
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^ Roma Capitale – Roma Statistica. Population inscribed in the resident register at 31 December 2016 by toponymy subdivision.
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