The "Rioni of Rome" - IV Campo Marzio (original) (raw)

- IV - Rione Campo Marzio (coat of arms of Rione Sant'Eustachio)

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## Behold by Tiber's flood, where modern Rome Couches beneath the ruins: there of old With arms and trophies gleamed the field of Mars: There to their daily sports the noble youth Rushed emulous; to fling the pointed lance; To vault the steed; or with the kindling wheel In dusty whirlwinds sweep the trembling goal; Or wrestling, cope with adverse swelling breasts, Strong grappling arms, closed heads, and distant feet; Or clash the lifted gauntlets: there they formed Their ardent virtues.

John Dyer - The Ruins of Rome - 1740 Rione Campo Marzio retains the name that the Romans gave to the whole area between the seven hills and the river. It means Field of Mars, the Roman god of war, because the Roman army used the area to drill the troops. It borders to the west on the river and on Ponte, to the south on Sant' Eustachio, to the east on Colonna and to the north on the walls of Rome.

## Coat of arms of Rione Campo Marzio

The symbol of Rione Campo Marzio is a crescent. The main Roman monument of Campo Marzio is [Mausoleo di Augusto](Vasi167.htm#Mausoleo di Augusto), the tomb of the first Roman emperor. The Roman law did not allow tombs and in general burial grounds within the borders of the city, but at the time of Augustus the area was outside the pomerium, the official limit of the City. There were other Roman tombs along Via Flaminia in today's [Piazza del Popolo](Vasi21.htm#The Plate): their ruins can still be seen in XVIth century maps. The development of the area is associated with the introduction in 1300 of the Jubilees or Holy Years. These events attracted masses of pilgrims who reached Rome via [Ponte Milvio](Vasi84.htm#The Plate) and Via Flaminia and arrived in town through [Porta del Popolo](Vasi01.htm#The Plate). Inns for the pilgrims, the hospital of [S. Giacomo degli Incurabili](Vasi140.htm#S. Giacomo degli Incurabili), the church of [S. Maria del Popolo](Vasi21.htm#S. Maria del Popolo)were the first monumental buildings of Campo Marzio. In the early XVIth century two Medici popes (Leo X and [Clement VII](Storia20.html#Clement VII)) opened the two streets ([Via di Ripetta](Vasi107.htm#Via di Ripetta) and Via del Babuino) which together with Via del Corso make up the Trident with the three streets departing from the same point, where at the end of the same century [Pope Sixtus V](Storia23.html#Sixtus V) located a gigantic obelisk. While these streets had a north-south direction a new street, Via Trinitatis (today Via de' Condotti) provided an east-west connection by linking the area near [Porto di Ripetta](Vasi85.html#The Plate)with SS. Trinit� de' Monti.

## Renaissance portal near S. Lucia della Tinta, XVIIIth century door in [Piazza di Spagna](Vasi40.html#The Plate), Neoclassic decoration in Piazza del Popolo

Campo Marzio was embellished in the XVIIth century by the addition of [S. Carlo al Corso](Vasi140.htm#The Plate) and of the almost twin churches of [S. Maria dei Miracoli and S. Maria in Montesanto](Vasi21.htm#S. Maria dei). In the XVIIIth century Scalinata di Trinit� de' Monti (Spanish Steps) and in the XIXth century the Neoclassic redesigning of [Piazza del Popolo](Vasi21.htm#Piazza del Popolo) and the gardens of il Pincio made Campo Marzio the quarter preferred by the foreigners to the point of being called the Strangers' Quarter.

## 1777 Map of Rione Campo Marzio

Legend of the numbers in the map 1) Palazzo Mignanelli 2) Scalinata di Trinit� de' Monti 3) Teatro d'Alibert 4) S. Atanasio 5) [S. Maria in Montesanto](Vasi21.htm#S. Maria dei) 6) [Ges� e Maria](Vasi140.htm#Ges� e Maria) 7) [S. Giacomo degli Incurabili](Vasi140.htm#S. Giacomo degli Incurabili) 8) [SS. Giuseppe e Orsola](Vasi128.htm#Santi Giuseppe e Orsola) 9) [Palazzo Nunez](Vasi128.htm#Palazzo Nunez) 10) Palazzo di Spagna 11) SS. Trinit� 12) [S. Carlo al Corso](Vasi140.htm#The Plate) 13) [Palazzo Borghese](Vasi69.htm#The Plate) 14) [S. Girolamo degli Schiavoni](Vasi107.htm#S. Girolamo degli Schiavoni) 15) [S. Rocco](Vasi107.htm#S. Rocco) 16) [Mausoleo di Augusto](Vasi167.htm#Mausoleo di Augusto) 17) Porto della Legna 18) [S. Maria in Porta Paradisi](Vasi107.htm#S. Maria in Porta Paradisi) 19) SS. Biagio e Cecilia 20) [Palazzo di Fiorenza](Vasi106.htm#Palazzo Medici) 21) [S. Nicola de' Perfetti](Vasi106.htm#The Plate) 22) [S. Maria in Campo Marzio](Vasi141.htm#The Plate) 23) [S. Ivo dei Bretoni](Vasi107.htm#The Plate) 24) [Collegio Clementino](Vasi167.htm#The Plate)

## Main monuments of Rione Campo Marzio (clickable map)

The red X mark the main changes which occurred after 1777: a) line linking several X: in the 1880s huge walls were erected along the Tiber: this led to the loss of Porto di Ripetta; b) two X in the upper part of the map: in the early XIXth century Piazza del Popolo was redesigned and the nearby hill of Il Pincio became a public garden; c) X near a round building: in 1934 the area around Mausoleo di Augusto was largely modified with the loss of several old streets; d) X at the end of a line: in 1902 a new bridge required the opening of a street leading from it to Via de' Condotti. The different colours group the monuments which are shown in the same page.

| Name | - | Colour | Notes | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | | Palazzo | Ruspoli | | - | | Chiesa di | San Carlo al Corso | | - | | Chiesa di | Ges� e Maria | | - | | Chiesa di | San Giacomo degli Incurabili | | - | | Palazzo | Rondanini | | - | | Casa del | Canova | | - | | Villa | Medici | | - | | - | Il Pincio | | - | | - | Porta del Popolo | | - | | - | Muro Torto | | - | | Palazzo | Borghese | | - | | Chiesa di | Sant' Ivo dei Brittoni | | - | | Palazzo | Cardelli | | - | | Chiesa di | San Girolamo degli Schiavoni | | - | | Chiesa di | San Rocco | | - | | Chiesa di | Santa Maria in Porta Paradisi | | - | | - | Conservatorio della Divina Provvidenza | | - | | Palazzo | Firenze | | - | | Chiesa di | San Nicola dei Perfetti | | - | | Chiesa dei | Santi Biagio e Cecilia | | - | | Chiesa dell' | Immacolata Concezione di Maria | | - | | Chiesa di | San Gregorio Nazianzeno | | - | | - | Porto di Ripetta | | Lost. | | Chiesa di | Sant'Antonio de' Portoghesi | | With mon. of Sant'Eustachio. | | Palazzo del | Collegio Clementino | | Lost. | | - | Mausoleo di Augusto | | - | | Chiesa di | Santa Lucia della Tinta | | - | | Chiesa della | Santissima Trinit� | | - | | Palazzo | Nunez | | - | | Palazzo di | Malta | | - | | Palazzo | Lepri Gallo | | - | | Oratorio del | Santissimo Sacramento | | - | | Chiesa dei | Santi Giuseppe e Orsola | | - | | Palazzo | Boncompagni Cerasi | | - | | - | Piazza del Popolo | | - | | Chiesa di | Santa Maria del Popolo | | - | | Chiesa di | Santa Maria dei Miracoli | | - | | Chiesa di | Santa Maria in Montesanto | | - | | - | P.zza di Spagna e Scal. di Trinit� de' Monti | | - | | Chiesa della | Santissima Trinit� dei Monti | | - | | Chiesa di | Sant'Atanasio de' Greci e Via del Babuino | | - | | Palazzo di | Spagna | | - | | - | Fontana della Barcaccia | | - | | Pal.tto dei | Borgognoni | | With monuments of Colonna. | | Palazzo della | Regina di Polonia | | With monuments of Colonna. | | Villa delle | Rose | | With monuments of Colonna. | | - | Porta Pinciana | | With monuments of Colonna. | | - | Gate of Villa Medici | | With monuments of Colonna. |

You can start your tour of Rione Campo Marzio from Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione di Maria. The image used as background for the table shows a column indicating the levels of floods near the site of Porto di Ripetta.

| I - Monti | II - Trevi | | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | | III - Colonna | IV - Campo Marzio | | V - Ponte | VI - Parione | | VII - Regola | VIII - Sant'Eustachio | | IX - Pigna | X - Campitelli | | XI - Sant'Angelo | XII - Ripa | | XIII - Trastevere | XIV - Borgo |