Polline Martignano

Last updated
Polline Martignano
Zona of Rome
Lago di Martignano aereo.JPG
The Lake Martignano
Roma Zona LIX - Polline Martignano.png
Position of the zona within the city
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Region Lazio
Province Rome
Comune Rome
Area
 • Total4.2191 sq mi (10.9273 km2)
Population
 (2016) [1]
 • Total40
 • Density9.5/sq mi (3.66/km2)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Polline Martignano is the 59th zona of the Italian capital Rome, abbreviated as Z. LIX. It belongs to the Municipio XV and has 40 inhabitants (2016). [2] It is located as an exclave in the northwest of the city and it is surrounded by the municipalities of Anguillara Sabazia, Campagnano di Roma and Trevignano Romano.

Contents

History

The zone of Polline Martignano was founded on September 13, 1961, when, according to a resolution of the Commissario Straordinario, the Ager Romanus was divided into 59 zones, identified by the prefix Z. and a Roman numeral. [3]

Geography

The zone overlooks the Lake Martignano (lacus Alsietinus) and includes, at the border with Campagnano di Roma, the dried out Lake Stracciacappa (lacus Papyrianus). The zone is also very close to Lake Bracciano (lacus Sabatinus).

The territory of the zone includes the urban zone 20OMartignano.

Boundaries

Northward, Polline Martignano borders with the municipality of Trevignano Romano.

To the east, it shares the border with the comune of Campagnano di Roma.

Southward and westward, the zone borders with the comune of Anguillara Sabazia.

Odonymy

The zone only includes five roads, whose name recalls some local toponyms: Via Massa Clodiana, Via Montagna Spaccata, Via Piana del Pero, Lungolago di Polline, Via di Polline.

Places of interest

Civil buildings

The only architectural feature left of the medieval borough of Stirpe Cappe, that had strategical relevance in order to control the transit on the Via Cassia. [5]

Natural areas

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Bracciano</span> Lake in Lazio Region, Italy

Lake Bracciano is a lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Rome. It is the second largest lake in the region and one of the major lakes of Italy. It has a circular perimeter of approximately 32 km (20 mi). Its inflow is from precipitation runoff and percolation, and from underground springs, and its outflow is the Arrone.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fiumicino</span> Comune in Lazio, Italy

Fiumicino is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the eleventh-busiest in Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bracciano</span> Comune in Lazio, Italy

Bracciano is a small town in the Italian region of Lazio, 30 kilometres northwest of Rome. The town is famous for its volcanic lake and for a particularly well-preserved medieval castle Castello Orsini-Odescalchi. The lake is widely used for sailing and is popular with tourists; the castle has hosted a number of events, especially weddings of actors and singers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magasa, Lombardy</span> Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Magasa is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy in northern Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trevignano Romano</span> Comune in Lazio, Italy

Trevignano Romano is a small town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. With a population of about 5,000, it is located on the volcanic Lake Bracciano. It is about 47 kilometres (29 mi) away from Rome.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Martignano</span> Body of water

Lake Martignano, is a small lake in Lazio, Italy 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-north-west of Rome, in an extinct crater or maar. Administratively its coast is divided amongst the municipalities of Rome, Anguillara Sabazia and Campagnano di Roma.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monterosi</span> Comune in Lazio, Italy

Monterosi is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio, located about 30 km (18,64 mi) north of the Grande Raccordo Anulare of Rome, about 40 km (24,85 mi) south of Viterbo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anguillara Sabazia</span> Comune in Lazio, Italy

Anguillara Sabazia is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, around 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Rome. It nestles on a small cape on the coast of Lake Bracciano; its medieval center and its beach make it a popular destination for tourists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Campagnano di Roma</span> Comune in Lazio, Italy

Campagnano di Roma is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 30 kilometres northwest of Rome. It was first mentioned in 1076, having been carved out of the great estate assembled on the Roman pattern by Pope Adrian I, ca. 780, his Domusculta Capracorum. In medieval times, Campagnano di Roma was on the via Francigena. Here, Sigeric, Archbishop of Canterbury, sojourned on his return journey from Rome about 990.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sacrofano</span> Comune in Lazio, Italy

Sacrofano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Rome. Located near the Monti Sabatini, at the feet of an extinct volcano, it is included in the Regional Park of Veii.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Anguillara</span>

Anguillara were a baronial family of Latium, especially powerful in Rome and in the current province of Viterbo during the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cesano (RM)</span> Zona of Rome in Lazio, Italy

Cesano is the 52nd zona of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials Z. LII. It takes its name from the small medieval village of Cesano di Roma, on the Via Cassia, which is located within the Municipio XV, 27 km from Rome proper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Settecamini</span> Zona of Rome in Lazio, Italy

Settecamini is the 6th zona of Rome, identified by the initials Z. VI.. Settecamini is also the name of the urban zone 5L, within the Municipio V of Rome.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ponte Galeria</span> Zona of Rome in Lazio, Italy

Ponte Galeria is the 41st zona of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials Z. XLI. Geographically it was part of Agro Romano. The zone belongs to the Municipio XI.

Il commissario Manara is an Italian detective television series. It is a spin-off of Una famiglia in giallo, and like that show, is a romantic comedy and a police procedural. Guido Caprino plays the titular commissioner Luca Manara.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernardino Lunati</span>

Bernardino Lunati (1452–1497) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FL3 (Lazio regional railways)</span>

The FL3 is a commuter rail route. It forms part of the network of the Lazio regional railways, which is operated by Trenitalia, and converges on the city of Rome, Italy.

The Duchy of Bracciano was a fief of the Papal States, centred on lago di Bracciano and the town of Bracciano itself and ruled by a branch of the Orsini family with the title of Lord and Duke (1560–1696).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Visconti Castle (Invorio)</span>

The Visconti Castle of Invorio was a mediaeval castle located in Invorio, Province of Novara, Piedmont, northern Italy. Only a tower today survives, surrounded by the traces of the ancient walls. Matteo I Visconti, Lord of Milan, was born there in 1250.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zones of Rome</span>

The zones of Rome are toponymic subdivisions within the area of the Ager Romanus, belonging to the Municipalities of Rome and Fiumicino, Italy.

References

  1. ↑ Roma Capitale – Roma Statistica. Population inscribed in the resident register at 31 December 2016 by toponymy subdivision.
  2. ↑ (Stand 31. December 2016)
  3. ↑ Delibera del Commissario Straordinario n. 2453 del 13 settembre 1961
  4. ↑ "La torre". Lago Sabatino.
  5. ↑ Contea Pisciarelli. "I laghi del Ducato di Bracciano". Terre degli Orsini.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.