Trevi (rione of Rome)

Trevi is the rione II of Rome. The origin of its name is not clear, yet,

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Rione - Rome

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but the most accepted possibility is that it comes from the Latin trivium

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(meaning "three streets"), because there were three streets all leading to "piazza dei Crociferi",

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a square next to the modern Trevi square. Its logo is made of three swords on a red background.

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This rione, during the Roman republic belonged to the third region, while during the Roman empire

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Roman republic - Roman empire

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was split up into two regions: the VI, called Alta Semita and the VII, called via Lata.

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During the ancient Roman period, in rione Trevi there were large groups of private houses with some

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monumental buildings. Since that time the area was actually split up into two parts:

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a lower one, level and next to the river Tiber, and a higher one on the hills. The first one was one of the center of the activities of the city, while the second one was a rich and peaceful residential area.

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After the fall of the Roman empire, a lot of people moved away from the hills to settle

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next to the river, in the lower part. The urbanization followed the people: next to the river

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Tiber it was full of buildings while almost nothing was built on the hills until the Renaissance.

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Tiber - Renaissance

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In 1600 urbanization, new streets, churches and fountains caused the rione Trevi to be quite crowded,

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and it did not change sensibly until the end of the XIX century.

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The Quirinal Hill, partially isolated from the crowded part close to the river, was slowly becoming

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a center of power thanks to numerous buildings belonging to the Pope.

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Under the domination of Napoleon, in 1811, the Quirinal Hill was decided to be the center

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Napoleon - 1811 - Quirinal Hill

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of the imperial power in Rome. The plan was not completed because of the fall

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of Napoleon, but the idea remained and was partially achieved after Rome became capital

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of Italy, after the 1870. In fact nowadays several ministers are placed in the rione Trevi.

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Italy - 1870

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This changed completely the appearance of the higher part of the rione, that was not very crowded but

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full of small streets, churches and monumental buildings.

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The most famous monument in the rione is Trevi Fountain.

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