Tor Cervara

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Tor Cervara
Zona of Rome
Casale della Cervelletta, Rome, Italy - 01.jpg
Casale della Cervelletta
Roma Zona VII - Tor Cervara.png
Position of the zona within the city
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Region Lazio
Province Rome
Comune Rome
Area
 • Total2.3012 sq mi (5.9600 km2)
Population
 (2016) [1]
 • Total13,975
 • Density6,073.0/sq mi (2,344.80/km2)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Tor Cervara is the 7th zona of the Italian capital Rome, identified by the initials Z. VII. It belongs to the Municipio IV and has 13,975 inhabitants (2016). [2] It is located in the east of the city, within the Grande Raccordo Anulare, and has an area of 5.9000 km2.

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History

The name of the zone derives from an estate, the Tenuta di Cerbaro, that was used in the Middle Age as a hunting ground for deer (cervi in Latin and in Italian). The core of the estate was the Casale di Tor Cervara, that currently houses a private hospital.

Geography

The territory of Tor Cervara includes the urban zone 5FTor Cervara and the eastern part of the urban zone 5DTiburtino Sud (namely, the area called Colli Aniene).

Boundaries

Northward, Tor Cervara borders with Quartiere Ponte Mammolo (Q. XXIX), from which is separated by the stretch of the river Aniene between Via Tiburtina and Via di Tor Cervara, and by Via di Tor Cervara itself; and also borders with Quartiere San Basilio (Q. XXX), whose border is marked by the stretch of Via Tiburtina between Via di Tor Cervara and the GRA.

Eastward, Tor Cervara borders with Zona Settecamini (Z. VI), whose border is marked by the stretch of the GRA between Via Tiburtina and the river Aniene. To the east, Tor Cervara also shares a short border with Zona Acqua Vergine (Z. IX), which is outlined by the stretch of the GRA between the river Aniene and the A24.

Southward, the zone borders with Zona Tor Sapienza (Z. VIII), from which is separated by the stretch of the A24 between the GRA and Viale Palmiro Togliatti.

Westward, Tor Cervara borders with Quartiere Collatino (Q. XXII), from which is separated by the stretch of Viale Palmiro Togliatti between the A24 and Via Tiburtina.

Odonymy

Odonyms of the zone mainly refer to Italian politicians (in the area of Colli Aniene), artists and characters of Virgil's poems. In the northern part of the zone, near the border with Quartiere San Basilio, a few streets are named after towns of Lazio and local industrialists. Odonyms of the zone can be categorized as follows:

Places of interest

Civil buildings

Currently used as a private hospital, named Castello della Quiete.

Religious buildings

Subsidiary place of worship of the parish church of Santa Maria dell'Olivo.
Project by architect Vivina Rizzi. Parish church erected on November 5th, 1975 according to the decree Neminem latet by cardinal vicar Ugo Poletti and dedicated to Bernadette Soubirous.

Archaeological sites

Several ancient tombs have been found in the necropolis, especially thirteen ground burials, a rectangular hypogeum and a circular hypogeum: the latter contains five recesses with six marble sarcophagi.

Natural areas

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References

  1. ↑ Roma Capitale – Roma Statistica. Population inscribed in the resident register at 31 December 2016 by toponymy subdivision.
  2. ↑ (Stand 31. December 2006)
  3. ↑ "Casale di Tor Cervara". Roma Tiburtina.
  4. ↑ Alessandra Reggi. "Casale della Cervelletta". RomaNatura.
  5. ↑ "Cave di tufo". Roma Tiburtina.
  6. ↑ "Villa di Via Antenore". Roma Tiburtina.
  7. ↑ "Villa del Fosso di Tor Sapienza". Roma Tiburtina.
  8. ↑ Lauretta Colonnelli. "I segreti di Tor Cervara - Scoperta una necropoli. Si ignora cosa c'è nei 6 sarcofagi". Corriere della Sera.
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