The "Rioni of Rome" - IX Pigna (original) (raw)
- IX - Rione Pigna
(coat of arms of Rione Sant'Eustachio)
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Rione Pigna was named after the colossal bronze Pigna (fir-cone) which decorated a Roman fountain next to a Temple to Isis which occupied a vast area from today's [S. Stefano del Cacco](Vasi162.htm#S. Stefano del Cacco) to [Convento Domenicano della Minerva](Vasi156.htm#Convento della Minerva)). The Pigna was moved first to [S. Pietro](Vasi41.htm#The Plate), where it was seen by [Dante](Dante.html#Pigna del Vaticano) and later on to its current location in Palazzo del Belvedere. Rione Pigna borders on Sant'Eustachio to the west, on Colonna to the north, on Trevi to the east and on Sant'Angelo and Campitelli to the south.
## Coat of arms of Rione Pigna
Of its ancient past Rione Pigna retains first of all the [Pantheon](Vasi25.htm#The Plate): of the five obelisks found in the area only one is still in Rione Pigna in [Piazza di S. Maria sopra Minerva](Vasi156.htm#Obelisco della Minerva). [Pi� di Marmo](Vasi162.htm#Pi� di Marmo), Madama Lucrezia and La Gatta di Palazzo Grazioli are the remaining evidence in Rione Pigna of the decoration of the ancient Temple to Isis. Elements of Terme di Agrippa (Agrippa's Baths) can be seen in [Arco della Ciambella](Vasi77.htm#Arco della Ciambella) and behind the Pantheon. Rione Pigna acquired in the 1930s a new archaeological area including four Roman temples and a part of a [Roman Portico](Vasi114.htm#Porticus Minuciae). Rione Pigna is mainly characterized by large churches and palaces which can be roughly grouped as follows: XVth century: [S. Maria sopra Minerva](Vasi156.htm#S. Maria sopra Minerva); [Palazzo Venezia](Vasi65.htm#The Plate); [Basilica di S. Marco](Vasi115.html#The Plate). XVIth century: [Il Ges�](Vasi135.htm#The Plate); [Collegio Romano](Vasi162.htm#The Plate). XVIIth century: [S. Ignazio](Vasi163.html#The Plate); [Palazzo Pamphilj a Piazza del Collegio Romano](Vasi66.htm#The Plate); [Palazzo Altieri](Vasi79.htm#The Plate). XVIIIth century: [Palazzo Pamphilj al Corso](Vasi44.htm#Palazzo Doria Pamphili).
## Fountain showing a personification of Venice in the courtyard of Palazzo Venezia, inscription above the entrance of Biblioteca Casanatense in Convento Dominicano, a window of Palazzo Gabrielli next to [Palazzo Marescotti](Vasi77.htm#The Plate)
The image shows some key features of Rione Pigna: the Venetian block at its southern end, the presence of several cultural institutions and of many fine palaces.
## 1777 Map of Rione Pigna
Legend of the numbers in the map 1) [Casa di S. Caterina](Vasi156.htm#House of S. Caterina) 2) Palazzo Bussi Pizzirani 3) Palazzo Origo 4) [Palazzo Cesarini](Vasi179.htm#Palazzo Cesarini) 5) [Palazzo Sonnino Colonna](Vasi179.htm#Palazzo Cesarini) 6) [S. Lucia alle Botteghe Oscure](Vasi114.htm#The Plate) 7) [XVIIth century building where a Roman Portico was found](Vasi114.htm#Porticus Minuciae) 8) Palazzo Grazioli 9) [Palazzo Pamphili (south side)](Vasi39.htm#Palazzo Panfilio) 10) [Palazzo De Carolis](Vasi44.htm#Palazzo Decarolis) 11) Oratorio del Caravita 12) S. Marta 13) [Palazzo Fonseca](Vasi156.htm#Obelisco della Minerva) 14) [Accademia Ecclesiastica](Vasi156.htm#Accademia Ecclesiastica) 15) Palazzo Nunez 16) S. Giovanni della Pigna 17) [Arco della Ciambella](Vasi77.htm#Arco della Ciambella) 18) [Palazzo Marescotti](Vasi77.htm#The Plate) 19) Palazzo Muti Berardi 20) [Palazzo Strozzi](Vasi179.htm#Palazzo Strozzi) 21) [Collegio Calasanzio](Vasi179.htm#Collegio Calasanzio) 22) [Palazzo Cenci Bolognetti](Vasi135.htm#Palazzo Cenci) 23) [S. Stefano del Cacco](Vasi162.htm#S. Stefano del Cacco)
## The main monuments of Rione Pigna (clickable map)
The red X mark the main changes which occurred after 1777: a) top left corner: the buildings around the Pantheon were pulled down in the 1880s; b) centre of the map: in the second half of the XIXth century the street between Collegio Romano and Piazza della Minerva was enlarged by pulling down the buildings on its north side and by modifying the monastery next to S. Marta; c) lower part of the map (left to right): i) excavation of the Roman temples below Palazzo Cesarini in the 1920s; ii) enlargement in the 1880s of the street between il Ges� and SS. Stimmate di S. Francesco by pulling down the buildings on its north side; iii) enlargement in the 1930s of Via delle Botteghe Oscure by pulling down the buildings on its north side; iv) isolation of Palazzo Venezia in the 1880s by relocating the adjoining Palazzetto Venezia. The different colours group the monuments which are shown in the same page.
| Name | - | Colour | Notes |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Chiesa di | Santa Maria della Rotonda (Pantheon) | 
| |
| - | Convento Domenicano | 
| With monuments of Colonna. |
| Chiesa di | Sant'Ignazio | 
| - |
| Oratorio del | Caravita | | - |
| Chiesa di | Santa Chiara | 
| - |
| - | Casa di S. Caterina | | - |
| Palazzo dell' | Accademia Ecclesiastica | | - |
| Chiesa di | Santa Maria sopra Minerva | | - |
| - | Chiostro della Minerva | | - |
| - | Collegio Romano | 
| - |
| Palazzo | Frangipane | | - |
| Chiesa di | S. Marta | | - |
| Chiesa di | S. Stefano del Cacco | | - |
| Chiesa di | Santa Maria in Via Lata | 
| - |
| Palazzo | Decarolis | | - |
| Palazzo | Doria Pamphili al Corso | | - |
| Palazzo | Doria Pamphili al Collegio Romano | 
| - |
| Palazzo | Marescotti | 
| - |
| Chiesa di | S. Giovanni della Pigna | | - |
| - | Arco della Ciambella | | - |
| Palazzo | Altieri | 
| - |
| Palazzo | Simonetti e Guerra | | - |
| - | Convento dei Silvestrini | | - |
| Chiesa delle | Stimmate di S.Francesco | 
| - |
| Palazzo | Strozzi | | - |
| Palazzo | Cesarini | | - |
| Chiesa di | S. Nicola dei Cesarini | | - |
| - | Collegio Calasanzio | | - |
| Chiesa del | Ges� | 
| - |
| - | Casa Professa | | - |
| Palazzo | Cenci Bolognetti | | - |
| Palazzo | Celsi Viscardi | | - |
| Palazzo | Pamphili a Piazza Venezia | 
| - |
| Palazzo | Grazioli | | - |
| Palazzo | D'Aste | 
| With monuments of Trevi. |
| Palazzo | San Marco o Venezia | 
| - |
| Chiesa di | San Marco | 
| - |
| Palazzetto | San Marco o Venezia | | - |
| Palazzo | Ginnasi | 
| - |
| Chiesa di | S. Lucia alle Botteghe Oscure | | - |
The image used as background for the table shows a detail of the elephant supporting [Obelisco della Minerva](Vasi156.htm#Obelisco della Minerva). You can start your tour of Rione Pigna from S. Maria della Rotonda (Pantheon).
| 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 |