Portuense

Coordinates: 41°51′19″N 12°27′10″E / 41.8552387°N 12.452901°E / 41.8552387; 12.452901

Portuense is the 11th quartiere (neighbourhood) of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q.XI.

The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 15b of the Municipio Roma XV. The population of the urbanistic area amounts to 30.362 inhabitants.

There is also a suburbio (suburb) with the same name, identified by the initials S.VII.

Boundaries

The Quartiere is in the southern area of the town, close to the Aurelian walls and the river Tiber.

Its borders are:

  • northward: the Rione Testaccio (R.XX).[1]
  • eastward: the Quartiere Ostiense (Q.X).[2]
  • southward: the Quartiere Europa (Q.XXXII).[3]
  • westward: the Suburbio Portuense (S.VII)[4] and the Quartiere Gianicolense (Q.XII).[5]

History

Portuense is one of the first 15 Quartieri born in 1911 and officially established in 1921; it took its name from the ancient Via Portuense.

Notes

  1. ↑ Separated by the stretch of the river Tiber between Ponte Testaccio and Ponte dell'Industria
  2. ↑ Separated by the stretch of river Tiber between Ponte dell'Industria and the Viaduct of Magliana
  3. ↑ Separated by the river Tiber in correspondence to the Viaduct of Magliana
  4. ↑ Separated by Viale Isacco Newton, between the Viaduct of Magliana and Via Portuense
  5. ↑ Separated by Via Portuense, in the stretch between Viale Isacco Newton and Ponte Testaccio

Bibliography

  • Rendina, Claudio; Paradisi, Donatella (2004). Le strade di Roma. 1st Volume A-D. Rome: Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 88-541-0208-3.
  • Quercioli, Mauro (1997). I quartieri di Roma. Rome: Newton & Compton. ISBN 88-8183-639-4. |first2= missing |last2= in Authors list (help)
  • Carlo Pietrangeli, Insegne e stemmi dei rioni di Roma in «Capitolium», n. 6, 1953 (XXVIII)
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