The "Rioni of Rome" - VI Parione (original) (raw)

- VI - Rione Parione (coat of arms of Rione Sant'Eustachio)

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The name of Rione Parione is usually thought to derive from the Latin apparitores (messengers/runners) who lived in the area. It borders to the west and the north on Ponte, to the east on Sant'Eustachio and to the south on Regola.

## Coat of arms of Rione Parione

The symbol of Parione is a griffin or gryphon a fabulous creature with an eagle's head and wings and a lion's body. The main square of Parione, [Piazza Navona](Vasi26na.html#The Plate) retains the design of the ancient stadium of Domitian, similarly the curved shape of [Via di Grottapinta](Vasi75.htm#Teatro di Pompeo) is due to the theatre of Pompey, the first built of stone theatre in Rome. The current level of the ground is several feet above that of Ancient Rome and the ruins of these monuments are buried under the existing buildings with the exception of the northern part of the stadium of Domitian, which was excavated in the XXth century. Parione was a very commercial area with important markets in Piazza Navona and in [Campo de' Fiori](Vasi28.html#The Plate). The development of Parione can be associated with three periods: a) the second half of the XVth century with the erection of [Palazzo della Cancelleria](Vasi74.html#The Plate) and the embellishment of Campo de' Fiori; b) the last years of the XVIth century when a very large church, [S. Maria in Vallicella](Vasi137.html#The Plate), was built in the western tip of Parione; c) the years around 1650 when Piazza Navona was thoroughly redesigned.

## A relief in the courtyard of a palace in [Via del Parione](Vasi110.htm#The Plate) showing the symbol of the Rione, a modern fountain where the same symbol is inserted in a copy of the coats of arms which decorate Palazzo della Cancelleria, a detail of a portal in Piazza dei Satiri near Teatro di Pompeo

Rione Parione was crossed by a section of the Papal Street, the most important street of Rome until the second half of the XVIIth century, when it was replaced by Via del Corso. The section went from Piazza dell'Orologioto [Palazzo Massimi](Vasi76.htm#The Plate) through [Piazza di Pasquino](Vasi26a.htm#The Plate). This explains why Pasquino was by far the most loquacious and stinging talking statue of Rome. Its being located along this street ensured that the satires placed on the ancient statue were read by a lot of people.

## 1777 Map of Rione Parione

Legend of the numbers in the map 2) S. Maria degli Agonizzanti 4) [S. Pantaleo](Vasi76.htm#S. Pantaleo) 5) Pasquino 9) Palazzo di Sora 12) [Palazzo Pio](Vasi75.htm#The Plate) 13) [S. Maria in Grottapinta](Vasi75.htm#S. Maria di Grottapinta) 14) [S. Barbara dei Librai](Vasi180.htm#S. Barbara)

## Main monuments of Rione Parione (clickable map)

The red X mark the main changes which occurred after 1777: a) line linking several X: in the 1880s a large road (Corso Vittorio Emanuele) ensured better communication between the Vatican and the centre of Rome: this heavily impacted on the continuity of Rione Parione which was cut into a northern section around Piazza Navona and a southern one around Campo de' Fiori; b) X in the lower part of the map: in 1858 Campo de' Fiori was enlarged by pulling down a block of houses at its western tip. The different colours group the monuments which are shown in the same page.

| Name | - | Colour | Notes | | ------------ | -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | Chiesa di | San Nicola dei Lorenesi | | With monuments of Ponte. | | - | Torre Millina | | With monuments of Ponte. | | Chiesa di | Santa Barbara dei Librai | | With monuments of Regola. | | Chiesa di | Santa Maria in Vallicella | | - | | Oratorio dei | Filippini | | - | | Palazzo di | Sora | | - | | Palazzo | Cerri | | - | | Pal. della | Cancelleria | | - | | Orat. delle | Cinque Piaghe | | - | | Casa di | Via del Pellegrino | | - | | - | Arco degli Acetari | | - | | Palazzo | Massimo | | - | | Chiesa di | San Pantaleo | | - | | Palazzo | Braschi | | - | | Pal. della | Farnesina ai Baullari | | - | | Casa di | Gerolamo Pichi | | - | | Casa di | Ceccolo Pichi | | - | | Chiesa di | Sant'Elisabetta dei Fornari | | Lost | | - | Campo de' Fiori | | - | | Chiesa di | San Tommaso in Parione | | - | | Palazzo del | Governo Vecchio | | - | | Palazzetto | Turci | | - | | Pal. della | Nazione Picena | | - | | - | Pasquino | | - | | Chiesa di | Santa Maria degli Agonizzanti | | - | | Palazzo dei | Ritratti | | - | | Chiesa di | Santo Stefano in Piscivola | | Lost. With mon. of Ponte. | | Chiesa di | Sant'Agnese in Agone | | - | | Chiesa di | San Giacomo degli Spagnoli | | - | | - | Fontana dei Fiumi | | - | | - | Fontana del Moro | | - | | - | Fontana del Nettuno | | - | | Palazzo | Lancellotti | | - | | Palazzo | Pamphilj | | - | | Palazzo | Pio | | - | | Chiesa di | Santa Maria di Grottapinta | | - |

The image used as background for the table shows a detail of Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in Piazza Navona. You can start your tour of Rione Parione from [S. Stefano in Piscinula](Vasi109.htm#S. Lucia del Gonfalone).

| 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 |