Montesacro

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Montesacro is a neighborhood in the north-eastern outskirts of Rome, built in the early 20th century, at the fifth kilometre of the via Nomentana road, with the name "Garden City Aniene", which later took its present name from the hill on which the famous secession of the Roman plebs in 494 BC took place. The neighborhood has 62,599 inhabitants (2010) and it is a part of the Third (former Fourth) district of the City of Rome.
The area surrounding Montesacro was the scene of several historical events and archaeological and paleontological findings; here below you find a list of some of them, also referred to neighboring areas, but still very close to Montesacro and linked to it.

What to see
Even being a suburban area of a city which holds plenty of artistic and landscape treasures, Montesacro shows many interesting and nice to see things.

.Prehistory
In the area on which today Montesacro lies, many important paleontological findings were dug, including two of the most relevant remains of Neandertal men.

Roman age
In the Roman age, in the area on which today Montesacro lies, many villae, i.e. rural residences with adjoining farms, rose and the area was the scene of many historical events. Several Latin authors wrote about these facts, and you can find some translations (made by me) in the page dedicated to them.

Simón Bolívar
The libertador of Latin America, Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) was in Rome in 1805 and on August 15th he visited Monte Sacro, where he pronounced his famous oath by which it undertook to dedicate his life to the cause of liberation of South American countries from Spanish colonial domination.

The obelisks
In 1842 Sacco Pastore area saw the arrival by river and the transport by land of the two obelisks which today are erected in villa Torlonia park.

Garibaldi
In 1867 Giuseppe Garibaldi with his volunteers tried to conquer Rome passing through the Nomentano bridge.

Anti-fascist resistance in Montesacro
Antifascist resistance in Rome saw many people of Montesacro at the forefront, and as many as fourteen of its inhabitants lost their lives for the liberation from the Nazi-fascist dictatorship.

MOHAMMAD HOSSEIN NAGHDI
In 1993 in via delle Egadi, in Montesacro, Mohammad Hossein Naghdi, representative of the Iranian Resistance to the Ayatollah regime was murdered.

The Stairway of the Infinite
In 2021 the via Tremiti stairway has been decorated with the text of the poem "L'Infinito" ("The Infinite") by Giacomo Leopardi, on the 200th anniversary of its publication.

Renowned Montesacro
Since the early twentieth century many celebrities dwelt in Montesacro which also was the set of several films

WEBSITES VISITED:
http://www.spakka.info/spakka/montesacro/
http://www.romamontesacro.it/
http://www.cittagiardino.it
http://www.hostariamenenioagrippa.it/index-7.html

page created: June 21st 2015 and last updated: October 29th, 2022