Flaminio (Rome)
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41°55′35″N 12°28′10″E / 41.92631°N 12.46937°E
Flaminio | |
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Quartiere of Rome | |
 Piazzale Flaminio | |
 Position of the quartiere within the city | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Metropolitan City | Rome |
| Comune | Rome |
| Established | 20 August 1921[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,586 sq mi (11,877 km2) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 12,155 |
| • Density | 2,650,610/sq mi (1,023,407/km2) |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Flaminio is the 1st quartiere of the Italian capital Rome. Identified by the initials Q. I, it belongs to the Municipio II and has 13,018 inhabitants[3] and an area of 1.1877 km2. The name is derived from the Via Flaminia.
It comprises the zona urbanistica codified as 2C and had 13,491 inhabitants[4] in January 2010.
Flaminio is among the first 15 quartieri of the city, originally delimited in 1911 and officially established in 1921.
Up until the end of 19th century, the Via Flaminia reached Ponte Milvio through a flat expanse of meadows, periodically inundated by the Tiber floods. In 1905, the Società Automobili Roma chose the area in the bight of the river to build its production plants, and in the following years, along with the completion of the industrial zone, the first urban interventions start in the area between the Tiber and the Parioli hills. Hosting an International Expo in 1911, Flaminio prove itself to be a cultural and recreational district, with the subsequent construction of a racecourse (closed in 1929) and of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna.
During the I World War, the industrial area was reconverted for military purposes: the big Società Automobili Roma plant became a weapon factory, the Reale Fabbrica di Armi, and many little constructions, with a simple and linear architecture, were built to host barracks and laboratories.
When the construction works for the new auditorium began in 1994, Flaminio and the adjacent quartiere Parioli experienced an urban renewal process that lasted more than a decade, leading to the creation of MAXXI in 2010 and to the inauguration of the new Ponte della Musica-Armando Trovajoli in 2011.
Over the years, the quartiere has become quite renowned and it is now regarded as a cultural benchmark, because of the several museums and theaters. The real estate worth is very high, so that the district is now put on par with the historic center.