Tor Cervara


Tor Cervara is the 7th zona of the Italian capital Rome, identified by the initials Z. VII. It belongs to the Municipio IV and has 13,975 inhabitants. It is located in the east of the city, within the Grande Raccordo Anulare, and has an area of 5.9000 km².

History

The name of the zone derives from an estate, the Tenuta di Cerbaro, that was used in the Middle Age as a hunting ground for deers. The core of the estate was the Casale di Tor Cervara, that currently houses a private hospital.

Geography

The territory of Tor Cervara includes the urban zone 5F Tor Cervara and the eastern part of the urban zone 5D Tiburtino Sud.

Boundaries

Northward, Tor Cervara borders with Quartiere Ponte Mammolo, from which is separated by the stretch of the river Aniene between Via Tiburtina and Via di Tor Cervara, and by Via di Tor Cervara itself; and also borders with Quartiere San Basilio, whose border is marked by the stretch of Via Tiburtina between Via di Tor Cervara and the GRA.
Eastward, Tor Cervara borders with Zona Settecamini, whose border is marked by the stretch of the GRA between Via Tiburtina and the river Aniene. To the east, Tor Cervara also shares a short border with Zona Acqua Vergine, which is outlined by the stretch of the GRA between the river Aniene and the A24.
Southward, the zone borders with Zona Tor Sapienza, from which is separated by the stretch of the A24 between the GRA and Viale Palmiro Togliatti.
Westward, Tor Cervara borders with Quartiere Collatino, from which is separated by the stretch of Viale Palmiro Togliatti between the A24 and Via Tiburtina.

Odonymy

Odonyms of the zone mainly refer to Italian politicians, artists and characters of Virgil's poems. In the northern part of the zone, near the border with Quartiere San Basilio, a few streets are named after towns of Lazio and local industrialists. Odonyms of the zone can be categorized as follows:

Civil buildings