Settecamini


Settecamini is the 6th Zones of Rome of Rome, identified by the initials Z. VI.. Settecamini is also the name of the urban zone 5L, within the Municipio V of Rome.

History

The first settlements in the area can be dated to the Roman Republican era: the neighbourhood developed around the Via Tiburtina Roman road and a crossroads, and included two Roman inns and many Roman villas and tombs.
In the Middle Age, the locality was called Campo dei Sette Fratelli or Forno dei Septe Fratri : both names were related to the legend of Saint Symphorosa and her seven children,, martyred in the near Tibur toward the end of the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
Later, it was called simply Forno or Osteria del Forno, in reference to a farmstead located south of Via Tiburtina, which is currently known as Casale di Settecamini. The current toponym Settecamini began to be used in the second half of the 19th century, and the Rome municipality toponymic dictionary states that it derived from "the seven chimneys of the building known as Il Fornaccio.
A small church, in late Baroque style, was built in 1700 at the crossroads between Via Tiburtina and Via Casal Bianco.
The modern settlement developed as a rural village at the beginning of the twentieth century, on some lands owned by the Duke Leopoldo Torlonia. Later, some houses were assigned to the First World War veterans. The inhabited area has now an extension of 21.612 km2 and a population of about 19,000 inhabitants.

The archaeological area of Settecamini

Discovered in 1951 it is located at 9th mile of the Tiburtina, halfway between Rome and Tibur, where the Via Tiburtina crossed the road that led from the Aniene river to Etruria and Sabina. It was a settlement with several buildings and monumental tombs.
The first paleo-Christian building inserted in a pagan temple dates to around the 1st century BC. There is a courtyard with a central well, which is accessed from two side entrances. It was a residential area until the 5th century.
The building in the best condition is the "mansio", probably an inn for travellers, which has a mosaic from the imperial age. The building appears to have been in use from the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD and may have performed various functions over time.

Geography

Settecamini is located in the eastern part of the city, near the Grande Raccordo Anulare, and borders the municipality of Guidonia Montecelio.
The territory of Settecamini includes the urban zones 5L Settecamini and 5I Sant'Alessandro.

Boundaries

To the north, Settecamini borders with Zona Tor San Giovanni, whose boundary is marked by the stretch of Via Nomentana between the Grande Raccordo Anulare and Via Palombarense.
Eastward, the zona shares the border with the municipality of Guidonia Montecelio, up to the river Aniene.
Southward, Settecamini borders with Zona Lunghezza and with Zona Acqua Vergine : the border is outlined by the river Aniene, up to the Grande Raccordo Anulare.
To the west, Settecamini borders with Zona Tor Cervara, whose boundary is marked by the stretch of the Grande Raccordo Anulare between the Aniene and Via Tiburtina, and with Quartiere San Basilio, whose boundary is marked by the GRA itself, up to Via Nomentana.

Historical subdivisions

The frazioni of Case Rosse and the urban areas of Casal Monastero and Sant'Alessandro belong to Settecamini.

Odonymy

In the area of Casal Monastero, along the Via Nomentana, streets and squares are named after ancient and modern cities of Sabina and personalities related to that region, while other odonyms in the area near to the Via Tiburtina refers to the ancient history of Tivoli. Other streets and squares are chiefly dedicated to medieval authors, municipalities of Abruzzo and Molise and to engineers and scientists. Odonyms of the zone can be categorized as follows:

Civil buildings

  • Casale del Cavaliere, in Via del Casale del Cavaliere. Medieval farmstead.
  • Casale di Pratolungo, in Viale della Torre di Pratolungo. Medieval farmstead.
  • Torre di Pratolungo, in Viale della Torre di Pratolungo. Medieval tower.
  • Ponte di Pratolungo, a medieval bridge on the Fosso di Pratolungo.
  • Torraccia di Sant'Eusebio. 13th-century tower.
  • Torre di Ponticello, about 1,2 km north of the junction between Via Tiburtina and Via di Settecamini. 14th-century tower.
  • Casale di Sant'Eusebio or Casale di Campo Marzio, in Via Torre Sant'Eusebio. 13th-century farmstead and tower.
  • Casale delle Vittorie or Casal Vecchio, in Via del Casale delle Vittorie. 16th-century farmstead.
  • Fontanile di Sant'Onesto, between Via Forno Casale and Via Marco Simone. 16th-century fountains.
  • Casale Forno, in Via Tiburtina, near the junction with Via di Settecamini. 17th-century farmstead.
  • Casale Bonanni, in Via del Casale Bonanni. 20th-century farmstead.

    Religious buildings

  • Basilica di Sant'Alessandro, in Via Nomentana. The original basilica can be dated back to the 2nd century, the current structure dates back to 4th century.
  • Chiesa di San Francesco, at the crossroad of Via Tiburtina and Via di Casal Bianco. 18th-century church.
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Olivo, in Piazza di Santa Maria dell'Olivo.
  • Chiesa di Sant'Alessio, in Via Valle Castellana. 20th-century church.
  • Chiesa di Sant'Enrico, in Viale Ratto delle Sabine.

    Archaeological sites

  • Settecamini archaeological area, at the junction between Via Tiburtina and Via di Casal Bianco. 1st-century building complex.
  • Villa of Via Carciano, in Via Carciano. A 2nd-century BC villa.
  • Villa della Torre di Sant'Eusebio, in Via Carciano. A 2nd-century BC villa. The villa was totally dismantled in 1991 for urban development purposes: it was located about 400 meters north of the Torre di Sant'Eusebio.
  • Villa di Casal Bianco, in Via di Casal Bianco. A 2nd-century BC villa. The area is currently used as a recreation ground.
  • Villa a Sant'Alessandro, in Via Cielo D'Alcamo. A 2nd-century BC villa.
  • Villa a Sant'Alessandro, in Via Dante da Maiano. A 1st-century BC villa.
  • Villa del Casale Bonanni, in Via del Casale Bonanni. A 1st-century BC villa.
  • Villa di Casal Bianco, in Via di Casal Bianco. A 1st-century BC villa.
  • Thermal complex and nymphaeum, in Via Forno Casale, south of the Fosso del Fornaccio. A 1st-century BC thermal complex and a nymphaeum that dates back to 3rd or 4st century.
  • Latomie of Salone and Cervara, between Via di Salone and Via delle Case Rosse. Republican age The Latomie are ancient tuff quarries located in Salone between Via Tiburtina and the Autostrada dei Parchi. The blocks of tuff were transported to Rome by raft on the Aniene river which passes a few tens of metres from the quarries.
  • Sepulchre of Via Marcellina. Imperial age sepulchre.
  • Sepulchres of Via Nomentana, at the junction between Via Nomentana and Via di Prato Lauro. Imperial age sepulchres.
  • Catacombs of Sant'Alessandro, in Via Nomentana. 2nd-century catacombs and 4th-century basilica.
  • Roman villa of Monte dello Spavento/Necropolis/Sanctuary dating to the Middle-Republican age. The necropolis is located north-west of the sanctuary.
  • colombarium in tuff between via Colsereno and via Tiburtina.
  • mausoleum used in the Middle Ages as a lookout tower at 98 via Casal Bianco, on ancient via Tiburtina
  • The farmhouse in Casal Monastero Vecchio is built on the ruins of a Roman villa in opus vittatum in tuff and bricks on the west side, in opus caementicium in tuff and recycled material on the other sides. It is built on a brick columbarium with a terminal apse and side niches. To the south-east there are other remains also in tuff and brick, built on a previous underground structure with a vault.