Lungotevere

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Lungotevere Aventino (left) and Lungotevere Ripa (right) Tevere.roma.JPG
Lungotevere Aventino (left) and Lungotevere Ripa (right)

Lungotevere (Italian for Tiber Waterfront) is an alley or boulevard running along the river Tiber within the city of Rome. The building of the Lungoteveres required the demolition of the former edifices along the river banks and the construction of retaining walls called muraglioni (massive walls). [1]

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The Tiber from Ponte Sisto facing north prior to the construction of the Lungotevere in a watercolour of Ettore Roesler Franz IlTevereDaPonteSistoByRoeslerFranz.jpg
The Tiber from Ponte Sisto facing north prior to the construction of the Lungotevere in a watercolour of Ettore Roesler Franz

History

The Lungoteveres were built with the main goal to eliminate and dam the overflows of the Tiber, due to its recurring floods. On July 6, 1875 a law was approved, getting off the demolition of the former buildings on the banks and the achievement of boulevards flanking the river and massive retaining walls (muraglioni); the width of the river bed was regulated up to 100 meters (330 feet). The Lungoteveres, inspired by the example of Paris, were designed by the engineer Raffaele Canevari, who managed to rescue the Tiber Island adding artificial rapids to the right branch of the Tiber below the Pons Caestius.

Many artistically and historically significant buildings, structures and churches were demolished for the construction: among them, Palazzo Altoviti, the Teatro Apollo at Tor di Nona, Sant'Anna dei Bresciani, the Ripetta Harbour, the Roman Pons Cestius (pulled down and rebuilt with wider side arches), the already damaged Roman Ponte Rotto (of which only one arch remains), some minor gates of the Aurelian Walls flanking the left bank. The Ponte Sant'Angelo was widened too, adding two more arches. Along with these structures, the erection of the Lungotevere provoked the loss of one of the most picturesque environments of the city.

The works began in 1876 and were completed in 1926; in the circumstance, several bridges were built, linking the two banks of the Tiber.

List of the Lungotevere

The list is in geographic order, from upstream to downstream.

Right bank

Namefromto rione mun.prg
Lungotevere Maresciallo Diaz Piazzale di Ponte Milvio Piazza Lauro de Bosis (Ponte Duca d'Aosta)Q XV Della VittoriaM 201
Lungotevere Maresciallo Cadorna Piazza Lauro de BosisPiazzale Maresciallo GiardinoQ XV Della Vittoria and R XXII Prati M 20 and M 12
Lungotevere Della Vittoria Piazzale Maresciallo GiardinoPiazza del FanteQ XV Della VittoriaM 13
Lungotevere Guglielmo Oberdan Piazza del FantePiazza Monte Grappa (Ponte del Risorgimento)Q XV Della VittoriaM 14
Lungotevere delle Armi Piazza Monte GrappaPiazza Cinque Giornate (Ponte Giacomo Matteotti)Q XV Della VittoriaM 15
Lungotevere Michelangelo Piazza Cinque Giornate Piazza della Libertà (Ponte Regina Margherita) R XXII Prati M 16
Lungotevere dei Mellini Piazza della Libertà Via Vittoria Colonna (Ponte Cavour) R XXII Prati M 17
Lungotevere Prati Via Vittoria Colonnavia Ulpiano R XXII Prati M 18
Lungotevere Castello Piazza dei Tribunali (Ponte Umberto I) Ponte Sant'Angelo R XXII Prati and R XVII Borgo M 19
Lungotevere Vaticano Ponte Sant'Angelo Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II R XVII Borgo M 110
Lungotevere in Sassia Via San Pio X (Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II)Piazza Della Rovere (Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta) R XVII Borgo M 111
Lungotevere Gianicolense Piazza Della Rovere (Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta) Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini R XIII Trastevere M 112
Lungotevere della Farnesina Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini Piazza Trilussa (Ponte Sisto) R XIII Trastevere M 113
Lungotevere Raffaello Sanzio Piazza Trilussa (ponte Sisto)Piazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (Ponte Garibaldi) R XIII Trastevere M 114
Lungotevere degli Anguillara Piazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (Ponte Garibaldi) Ponte Cestio R XIII Trastevere M 115
Lungotevere degli Alberteschi Ponte Cestio Piazza Castellani (Ponte Palatino) R XIII Trastevere M 116
Lungotevere Ripa Ponte Palatino Via del Porto R XIII Trastevere M 117
Lungotevere Portuense Ponte Sublicio Ponte Testaccio Q XI PortuenseM 1618
Lungotevere degli Artigiani Ponte Testaccio Via Antonio Pacinotti (Ponte dell'Industria)Q XI PortuenseM 16 and M1519
Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman
formerly Lungotevere dei Papareschi
Via Antonio Pacinotti (Ponte dell'Industria)Via Pietro BlasernaQ XI PortuenseM1520
Lungotevere di Pietra Papa Via Pietro Blasernapiazza Augusto Righi (Ponte Guglielmo Marconi)Q XI PortuenseM1521
Lungotevere degli Inventori Piazza Augusto Righi (Ponte Guglielmo Marconi)Piazza Antonio MeucciQ XI PortuenseM1522
Lungotevere della Magliana Via della MaglianaViadotto della MaglianaQ XI PortuenseM1523

The stretch between Lungotevere Ripa and lungotevere Portuense is named Porto di Ripa Grande (rione Trastevere). In the quarter Portuense, a stretch of the Lungotevere della Magliana is flanked by Riva Pian Due Torri.

Left bank

Namefromto rione mun.prg
Lungotevere dell'Acqua Acetosa Via Foce dell'Aniene Ponte Flaminio Q II Parioli M 21
Lungotevere Salvo D'Acquisto Ponte Flaminio piazzale Cardinal Consalvi (Ponte Milvio) Q II Parioli M 22
Lungotevere Grande Ammiraglio Thaon di Revel Via Flaminia (Ponte Milvio) Ponte Duca d'Aosta Q I FlaminioM 23
Lungotevere Flaminio Ponte Duca d'Aosta Piazzale delle Belle Arti (Ponte del Risorgimento)Q I FlaminioM 24
Lungotevere delle Navi Piazzale delle Belle Arti (Ponte del Risorgimento) Ponte Giacomo Matteotti Q I FlaminioM 25
Lungotevere Arnaldo da Brescia Ponte Giacomo Matteotti Ponte Regina Margherita Q I Flaminio and R IV Campo Marzio M 2 and M 16
Lungotevere in Augusta Ponte Regina Margherita Piazza del Porto di Ripetta (Ponte Cavour) R IV Campo Marzio M 17
Lungotevere Marzio Piazza del Porto di Ripetta (Ponte Cavour) R IV Campo Marzio and R V Ponte M 18
Lungotevere Tor di Nona Piazza di Ponte Umberto IPiazza di Ponte Sant'Angelo R V Ponte M 19
Lungotevere degli Altoviti Ponte Sant'Angelo Piazza Pasquale Paoli (Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II) R V Ponte M 110
Lungotevere dei Fiorentini Piazza Pasquale Paoli (Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II)Via Acciaioli (Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta) R V Ponte M 111
Lungotevere dei Sangallo Via Acciaioli (ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta) Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini R V Ponte and R VII Regola M 112
Lungotevere dei Tebaldi Largo Lorenzo Perosi (Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini)Piazza San Vincenzo Pallotti (Ponte Sisto) R VII Regola M 113
Lungotevere dei Vallati Piazza San Vincenzo Pallotti (Ponte Sisto)Via Arenula (Ponte Garibaldi) R VII Regola M 114
Lungotevere De' Cenci Ponte Garibaldi Ponte Fabricio R VII Regola and R XI Sant'Angelo M 115
Lungotevere dei Pierleoni Piazza di Monte Savello (Ponte Fabricio) Ponte Palatino R XII Ripa M 116
Lungotevere Aventino Ponte Palatino Piazza dell'Emporio (Ponte Sublicio) R XII Ripa M 117
Lungotevere Testaccio Piazza dell'Emporio (Ponte Sublicio)Largo Giovanni Battista Marzi (Ponte Testaccio) R XX Testaccio M 118
Lungotevere di San Paolo Via Ostiense Piazzale Tommaso Edison (Ponte Guglielmo Marconi) Q X Ostiense M 1119
Lungotevere Dante Piazzale Tommaso Edison (Ponte Guglielmo Marconi)Viale Guglielmo Marconi Q X Ostiense M 1120

The stretch between Lungotevere Testaccio and Lungotevere San Paolo is named Riva Ostiense (quarter Ostiense).

Notes

  1. Rendina-Paradisi, p. 664

Sources

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