Labaro

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Labaro
Zona of Rome
Labaro (Rome) - S. Melchiade 02.JPG
The church of San Melchiade
Roma Zona LVII - Labaro.png
Position of the zona within the city
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Region Lazio
Province Rome
Comune Rome
Area
  Total3.5289 sq mi (9.1398 km2)
Population
 (2016) [1]
  Total16,305
  Density4,620.4/sq mi (1,783.96/km2)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Labaro is the 57th zona of Rome, identified by the initials Z. LVII. It is located 11 kilometres north of the city center, along the Via Flaminia, just outside the Grande Raccordo Anulare.

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History

The zone takes its name from a curious event that occurred to Emperor Constantine the Great, when, during the Battle of Saxa Rubra (312), the labarum fell out of his hand. The labarum was a military standard that displayed the "Chi-Rho" symbol, a christogram formed from the first two Greek letters of the word "Christ" (Greek : ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, or Χριστός) — Chi (χ) and Rho (ρ).

According to another theory, the name Labaro derives from a medieval interpretation of the Latin word Rubrae (which became Lubrae and then Labarum). This theory associates the toponym to the name of nearby localities, such as Grottarossa (red cavern) and Saxa Rubra (red stones), whose names are connected to local geological structure.

Geography

Labaro is located in the northern part of the municipality of Rome, near the GRA and the river Tiber.

The territory of Settecamini includes a portion of the urban zone 20MLabaro.

Boundaries

To the north, the zone borders with Zona Prima Porta (Z. LVIII), from which is separated by the stretch of Via della Giustiniana between the river Cremera and the Fosso di Monte Oliviero, then by the stream itself up to the Tiber.

Eastward, it borders with Zona Marcigliana (Z. III), whose boundary is outlined by the river Tiber, up to the Ponte di Castel Giubileo.

To the south, Labaro borders with Zona Grottarossa (Z. LVI), whose border is marked by the stretch of the GRA between the Ponte di Castel Giubileo and Via Veientana.

Westward, Labaro borders with Zona La Giustiniana (Z. LIV), from which is separated by Via Veientana and by Via della Giustiniana, up to the river Cremera.

Odonymy

Streets and squares of Labaro are generally named after towns of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Lombardy or after Italian artists and historians. Odonyms of the zone can be categorized as follows:

Places of interest

Civil buildings

Religious buildings

Archaeological sites

Natural areas

Other

Designed by architects Paolo Angeletti and Gaia Remiddi.
it commemorates the young fireman Giampaolo Borghi, perished on September 1st, 1965 while trying to rescue a kid from a Tiber flooding.

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