Municipio VII is one of the 15 administrative subdivisions of the city of Rome, Italy.
It was first created by Rome's City Council on 11 March 2013 and features a president who is elected during the mayoral elections. The municipio was created through the unification of Municipio IX and Municipio X and it is nowadays the most populous in the city, and the only one with more than 300,000 inhabitants.
In January 2021, the urban zone of Torrespaccata was transferred from Municipio VI to Municipio VII.
Subdivision Municipio VII is divided into 17 urban zones: Urban zonePopulation 8A. Torrespaccata 13,381 9A. Tuscolano North 21,579 9B. Tuscolano South 47,772 9C. Tor Fiscale 2,250 9D. Appio 27,377 9E. Latino 22,641 10A. Don Bosco 50,684 10B. Appio Claudio 29,167 10C. Quarto Miglio 10,708 10D. Pignatelli 6,602 10E. Lucrezia Romana 5,272 10F. Osteria del Curato 19,303 10G. Romanina 7,224 10H. Gregna 7,085 10I. Barcaccia 11,146 10L. Morena 32,024 10X. Ciampino Airport 412 Not localized<br/ > 3,757Total318,384
Municipal government The area has its own local authority called (Municipal Council), composed by a president and 25 members directly elected by citizens every five years. The council is responsible for most local services, such as schools, social services, waste collection, roads, parks, libraries and local commerce in the area, and manages funds (if any) provided by the city government for specific purposes, such as those intended to guarantee the right to education for poorer families.
The current president is Francesco Laddaga (PD). He was elected in the 2021 Rome municipal election together with the 25-member Municipal Council, whose composition is shown below:
Alliance or political party Members 2021–2027 Centre-left (PD-SI) 16 Centre-right (Lega-FdI) 5 Five Star Movement (M5S) 2 Action (A) 2
Here is a list of presidents of the Municipio VII since 2013:
President Party CoalitionTerm of office Susana Ana Maria Fantino SEL Centre-left 12 June 2013 20 June 2016 Monica LozziM5S 20 June 2016 21 October 2021 Francesco Laddaga PD Centre-left 21 October 2021 Incumbent
Geography The territory of the municipio extends across the south-eastern quadrant of the city, stretching from Porta San Giovanni to the borders of Rome's municipal territory, along the axes of Via Appia Nuova and Via Tuscolana. Covering an area of approximately 45.84 square kilometres (17.70 sq mi), it is the most populous administrative district in Rome.
Its borders are defined as follows: To the north-west: the Aurelian Walls To the north: the Rome–Cassino–Naples railway, the former Centocelle Airport, and the Autostrada A1 To the east: the municipalities of Grottaferrata and Frascati To the south: Via Appia Nuova and the municipality of Ciampino To the west: the Appian Way Regional Park
The geography of Municipio VII is characterized by a stark contrast between highly dense urbanized corridors and vast historical green spaces. The northern and central sections of the district are heavily built-up, developed historically around the major transit thoroughfares of Via Tuscolana and Via Appia Nuova.
In contrast, the southern and western fringes slope gently upward toward the volcanic hillsides of the Alban Hills (Colli Albani). This landscape preserves vital components of the original Roman countryside (Campagna Romana), protected within extensive ecological networks like the Appian Way Regional Park and the Park of the Aqueducts (Parco degli Acquedotti). These green networks serve as crucial environmental corridors that support local biodiversity and mitigate the urban heat island effect across the city's southeastern sector.
History The territory of the Municipio was inhabited since prehistoric times, as shown by the excavations of the four necropolises of Osteria del Curato-Via Cinquefrondi, Lucrezia Romana, Romanina and Ponte delle Sette Miglia, with rock-out chamber tombs from the Copper Age, related to the so-called Rinaldone culture.
In Roman times, the territory of the Municipio was crossed by the Via Latina and the Via Asinaria. As in the rest of the Ager Romanus – also thanks to several aqueducts that crossed it – there were numerous villae, that is, farming estates of medium extension whose production was at the service of the city.
In the Middle Ages the villae were converted into Domuscultae and fortifications and later into farmhouses and towers (such as Tor Fiscale, Torre del Quadraro and Torre di Mezzavia), in close relationship with the settlements towards the Roman Castles. The ancient Roman roads were replaced first by Via Tuscolana and then, in 1574, by Via Appia Nuova, opened by Gregory XIII. In place of the broken aqueducts, in 1122 Callixtus II dug the artificial canal of Acqua Mariana, while in 1587 Sixtus V built the Felice aqueduct, which crosses Via Tuscolana near Porta Furba.
Until the beginning of the 20th century the territory boasted many vineyards and villas – most of which were destroyed due to the subsequent building expansion or, in a few surviving cases, whose area was greatly reduced (the present Villa Lais, Villa Fiorelli and Villa Lazzaroni) – as well as production plants and mills exploiting the water power of Acqua Mariana.See La Bella, pp. 31–57.
The urbanization of the territory began with the master plan of 1909, which declared the areas within the railway to be suitable for small-size buildings and villas, including those that survived around Villa FiorelliSee La Bella, pp. 58–84.. A tramway line connecting with the Roman castles was also inaugurated in 1903, the Sound stages of Cines film company in 1905 and the Motovelodromo Appio (later demolished) in 1910.
Both the size of the buildings and the population density, however, increased with the 1925 variant and the new 1931 master plan, resulting in an intensive urban fabric in the Quartieri Appio-Latino and Tuscolano, with tall buildings and very few green areasSee La Bella, pp. 85–113 and 125–138.. Meanwhile, in breach of the master plan, various unauthorized settlements arose – such as the Quadraro – as well as "hamlets" made of shacks built against the arches (on Via del Mandrione, at the Caffarella and at the Felice aqueduct, restored and demolished only in the late 1970s).See La Bella, pp. 119–125.
The year 1937 saw the inauguration of the Cinecittà studios (together with the Istituto Luce and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia), where all the greatest directors and actors of Italian cinema shot movies and which became the "Hollywood on the Tiber" in the years of the Dolce Vita, with many famous American productions (the so-called "colossals").
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in World War II, the inhabitants actively participated in the Resistance, to the point that on 17 April 1944 the German army, as a reprisal, carried out a mop-up in the Quadraro, deporting between 700 and 950 men to Germany. On 17 April 2004 the then Municipio X was awarded the Gold Medal for Civil Valor.
After the war, the building expansion continued with the intensive palaces of the Quartieri Don Bosco and Appio Claudio, eventually endangering the Caffarella valley; an exception were the "INA-Casa" buildings between Viale Spartaco and Via Selinunte (on-line, tower and one-family houses with an original urban design, built by the best architects of the "Neorealistic" movement, such as Adalberto Libera). Moving towards the boundaries of the Municipality, there is a prevalence of both extensive buildings, which have been at least partly built illegally (Quarto Miglio, Statuario, Tor Fiscale, Capannelle, Osteria del Curato, Morena, Gregna, Romanina, Vermicino, Passolombardo), as well as modern districts with greater endowments of public green (Cinecittà Est, Torre di Mezzavia, Nuova Romanina, Nuova Tor Vergata).
The new Roman master plan includes the planning of the urban centrality of Anagnina-Romanina.
Monuments and places of interest
Porta Metronia, Porta Asinaria and Porta San Giovanni in the Aurelian Walls Mausoleum of Severus Alexander, also known as Monte del Grano Columbaria of Via Pescara and Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas Hypogeum of Via Compagni Acqua Felice and Porta Furba, built in 1587 Capannelle Racecourse, inaugurated in 1881 and rebuilt in 1926 Basilica of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, consecrated in 1936 Former seat of Istituto Luce, built in 1937 in Piazza di Cinecittà and currently seat of the Municipality Cinecittà film studios, inaugurated in 1937 and linked to the name of Federico Fellini Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, whose present seat was inaugurated in 1937 Basilica of San Giovanni Bosco, consecrated in 1959 Antiquarium di Lucrezia Romana, inaugurated in 2005
Parks and villas Parco degli Acquedotti with seven ancient roman and papal aqueducts: Anio Vetus (underground), Marcia, Tepula, Iulia and Acqua Felice (overlapped), Claudia and Anio novus (overlapped) Park of the Caffarella, with the river Almone, part of the Appian Way Regional Park Parco XVII Aprile 1944 and Monte del Grano Tombs of Via Latina Archaeological Park Villa of the sette bassi Villa Fiorelli Villa Lais Villa Lazzaroni
Libraries Nelson Mandela, on Via La Spezia Raffaello, on Via Tuscolana Casa dei Bimbi, on Via Libero Leonardi
Human geography Historic divisions The territory of the Municipio includes the following toponymic districts of the Municipality of Rome. Quartieri Q. VII Prenestino-Labicano (partly), Q. VIII Tuscolano (partly), Q. IX Appio-Latino (partly), Q. XXIV Don Bosco (partly), Q. XXV Appio Claudio, Q. XXVI Appio-Pignatelli (partly) Zone Z. XV Torre Maura (partly), Z. XVI Torrenova (partly), Z. XVII Torre Gaia (partly), Z. XVIII Capannelle, Z. XIX Casal Morena, Z. XX Aeroporto di Ciampino (partly)
Administrative divisions The urban division of the territory includes the five urban zones of the former Municipio IX and the eleven ones of the former Municipio X. Its population is distributed as follows:Roma Capitale – Roma Statistica. Population recorded to the registry as of 31 December 2016 by urban zones.
Municipio Roma VII 9A Tuscolano Nord 9B Tuscolano Sud 9C Tor Fiscale 9D Appio 9E Latino 10A Don Bosco 10B Appio Claudio 10C Quarto Miglio 10D Pignatelli 10E Lucrezia Romana 10F Osteria del Curato 10G Romanina 10H Gregna 10I Barcaccia 10L Morena 10X Ciampino Unaccounted Total
Infrastructure and transport Streets Road mobility in radial direction is ensured by Via Appia Nuova, Via Tuscolana Via Anagnina, as well as the Rome-Naples motorway, which intersect the Grande Raccordo Anulare.
Railways
It is served by the following stations: San Giovanni, Re di Roma, Ponte Lungo, Furio Camillo, Colli Albani, Arco di Travertino, Porta Furba/Quadraro, Numidio Quadrato, Lucio Sestio, Giulio Agricola, Subaugusta, Cinecittà, Anagnina It is served by the following stations: San Giovanni, Lodi
Lazio suburban rail. Line 1: Roma Tuscolana, Line 3: Roma Tuscolana, Line 4: Capannelle, Line 5: Roma Tuscolana, Line 6: Capannelle
Almost half of the Line A of the Metro runs inside the Municipio, including the large interchange junction of Anagnina, with the terminus of Cotral suburban bus services along Via Tuscolana, Via Casilina, Via Anagnina, Via Appia and Via Nettunense.
At the Ponte Lungo station it is possible to exchange at the Tuscolana station the FL1, FL3 and FL5 regional railway lines; the other station in the area is that of Capannelle on the FL4 and FL6 lines.
In 2015 the Lodi station of the Line C was inaugurated: it was a temporary terminus until the opening of the San Giovanni station in 2018.
Airports Giovan Battista Pastine International Airport, on the border with the municipality of Ciampino.
Administration