Settecamini
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Settecamini is a quarter of Rome, and is the name of the sixth area of the town of Rome in the Agro Romano indicated by Z. VI. It is located in the east of the town near the Grande Raccordo Anulare
(Italian
for the "Greater Ring Junction") and it borders the town of Guidonia Montecelio
.
It is part of the Municipio V.
The first settlements date back to the Republican era, born around the consular way Via Tiburtina
. All neighborhood was a crossroads, as evidenced by the presence of two Roman taverns, but there are also appearances of many Roman villas and tombs.
In medieval times the town was called "Field of Seven Brothers" in relation to the legend of Saint Symphorosa and her seven children (Crescens, Eugenius, Julian, Justin, Nemesius, Primitivus and Stracteus).
Later it was called Oven or Osteria del Forno in reference to the house located in the south of Via Tiburtina, which today is listed as Casale of Settecamini.
A small church, in late Baroque style, was built in 1700 at a crossroads between Via Tiburtina and Via Casal Bianco.
Born as a rural village at the beginning of the twentieth century on lands owned by the Duke Leopoldo di Torlonia, now has an extension of 21.612 km² and a population of 19,000 inhabitants about.
Grande Raccordo Anulare
The GRA or Grande Raccordo Anulare is a toll-free, ring-shaped orbital motorway, 68,2 km in circumference that encircles Rome...
(Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
for the "Greater Ring Junction") and it borders the town of Guidonia Montecelio
Guidonia Montecelio
Guidonia Montecelio is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, central Italy.- Geography :The community of Guidonia Montecelio lies to the north-east of Rome, some kilometres from the Grande Raccordo Anulare - a ring-shaped motorway which forms a circle around the capital...
.
It is part of the Municipio V.
History
Via Tiburtina
Via Tiburtina is an ancient road in Italy leading east-northeast from Rome to Tivoli . It was built by the Roman consul Marcus Valerius Maximus around 286 BC and later lengthened to the territories of the Marsi and the Equi, in the Abruzzo, as Via Valeria. Its total length was approximately...
. All neighborhood was a crossroads, as evidenced by the presence of two Roman taverns, but there are also appearances of many Roman villas and tombs.
In medieval times the town was called "Field of Seven Brothers" in relation to the legend of Saint Symphorosa and her seven children (Crescens, Eugenius, Julian, Justin, Nemesius, Primitivus and Stracteus).
Later it was called Oven or Osteria del Forno in reference to the house located in the south of Via Tiburtina, which today is listed as Casale of Settecamini.
A small church, in late Baroque style, was built in 1700 at a crossroads between Via Tiburtina and Via Casal Bianco.
Born as a rural village at the beginning of the twentieth century on lands owned by the Duke Leopoldo di Torlonia, now has an extension of 21.612 km² and a population of 19,000 inhabitants about.