# Portuense

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**Portuense** is the 11th *[quartiere](/source/Quarters_of_Rome)* of [Rome](/source/Rome) ([Italy](/source/Italy)), identified by the initials **Q.XI**.

The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area **15b**, in the [Municipio XV](/source/Municipio_XV). The population of the urbanistic area amounts to 30.362 inhabitants.

There is also a *suburbio* (suburb) [with the same name](/source/Portuense_(suburbio_of_Rome)), identified by the initials **S.VII.**

## History

Portuense is one of the first 15 *Quartieri* born in 1911 and officially established in 1921. It took its name from the ancient [Via Portuense](/source/Via_Portuensis).

## Geography

The *quartiere* is in the southern area of the town, close to the [Aurelian Walls](/source/Aurelian_Walls) and to the river [Tiber](/source/Tiber).

The territory of Portuense includes the [urban zones](/source/Administrative_subdivision_of_Rome#Urban_subdivision_of_Rome) **15B** *Ostiense* and **15C** *Pian Due Torri*, a great portion of the urban zone **16A** *Marconi* as well as a little part of the urban zone **16D** *Gianicolense*.

### Boundaries

To the north, Portuense borders with *[Rione](/source/Rioni_of_Rome)* [Trastevere](/source/Trastevere) (R. XIII), whose border is shortly marked by Piazza di [Porta Portese](/source/Porta_Portese). It also borders with *Rione* [Testaccio](/source/Testaccio) (R.XX), from which is separated by the stretch of the Tiber between [Ponte Testaccio](/source/Ponte_Testaccio) and [Ponte dell'Industria](/source/Ponte_dell'Industria).

Eastward, the *quartiere* borders with [Ostiense](/source/Ostiense) (Q.X) and with [Europa](/source/EUR,_Rome) (Q.XXXII), from which is separated by the stretch of the Tiber between Ponte dell'Industria and the [Magliana Viaduct](/source/Ponte_della_Magliana).

To the south-west, it borders with *Suburbio* [Portuense](/source/Portuense_(suburbio_of_Rome)) (S. VII), whose border is marked by the Magliana Viaduct, by a short stretch of the [Autostrada Roma-Fiumicino](/source/Autostrada_A91_(Italy)), by Via [Salvatore Satta](/source/Salvatore_Satta), Largo [Giuseppe Petrelli](/source/Giuseppe_Petrelli), Via dell'Imbrecciato, Via [Bolgheri](/source/Bolgheri), Via [Riccardo Lombardi](/source/Riccardo_Lombardi), and by another stretch of Via dell'Imbrecciato up to [Via Portuense](/source/Via_Portuensis).

Westward, Portuense borders with *Quartiere* [Gianicolense](/source/Gianicolense) (Q.XII), whose boundary is defined by Via Portuense, Via [Ettore Rolli](/source/Ettore_Rolli) and by another stretch of Via Portuense.

### Local geography

Main roads and squares of the *quartiere* are:

- **Via della Magliana**, connecting Portuense to the neighborhood of [Magliana](/source/Magliana), which is comprised in *Suburbio* [Portuense](/source/Portuense_(suburbio_of_Rome));
- **Viale [Guglielmo Marconi](/source/Guglielmo_Marconi)**, a huge thoroughfare which connects the district to *Quartiere* [Ostiense](/source/Ostiense) and to [Via Cristoforo Colombo](/source/Via_Cristoforo_Colombo);
- **Piazza della [Radio](/source/Radio)**, at the end of Viale Guglielmo Marconi;
- **Piazza [Antonio Meucci](/source/Antonio_Meucci)**, a rectangular square with a garden and a playground in the middle;
- **Piazza [Fabrizio De André](/source/Fabrizio_De_Andr%C3%A9)**.

Streets and squares are mostly named after inventors, scientists and politicians, particularly Mayors of Rome. Local toponyms can be categorized as follows:

- **Mayors of Rome**, e.g. [Augusto Armellini](/source/Augusto_Armellini), [Prospero Colonna](/source/Prospero_Colonna_di_Paliano), [Francesco Crispigni](/source/Francesco_Crispigni), [Andrea Doria Pamphilj](/source/Andrea_Doria_Pamphilj), [Ernesto Nathan](/source/Ernesto_Nathan), [Leopoldo Ruspoli](/source/Leopoldo_Ruspoli), [Giannetto Valli](/source/Giannetto_Valli), [Pietro Venturi](/source/Pietro_Venturi);
- **Patriots**, e.g. [Pasquale Baffi](/source/Pasquale_Baffi), [Antonio Fratti](/source/Antonio_Fratti), [Pietro Frattini](/source/Pietro_Frattini), [Giuseppe Guerzoni](/source/Giuseppe_Guerzoni), [Nicola Laurantoni](/source/Nicola_Laurantoni), [Augusto Lorenzini](/source/Augusto_Lorenzini), [Pietro Maroncelli](/source/Pietro_Maroncelli), [Ernesto Teodoro Moneta](/source/Ernesto_Teodoro_Moneta), [Giuseppe Sirtori](/source/Giuseppe_Sirtori), [Vincenzo Statella](/source/Vincenzo_Statella);
- **Politicians**, e.g. [Lenin](/source/Lenin), [Riccardo Lombardi](/source/Riccardo_Lombardi), [Errico Malatesta](/source/Errico_Malatesta), [Agostino Novella](/source/Agostino_Novella);
- **Scientists, engineers and inventors**, e.g. [Amedeo Avogadro](/source/Amedeo_Avogadro), [Eugenio Barsanti](/source/Eugenio_Barsanti), [Angelo Bellani](/source/Angelo_Bellani), [Gerolamo Cardano](/source/Gerolamo_Cardano), [Nicola Cavalieri](/source/Nicola_Cavalieri), [Bartolomeo Cristofori](/source/Bartolomeo_Cristofori), [Alessandro Cruto](/source/Alessandro_Cruto), [Albert Einstein](/source/Albert_Einstein), [Enrico Fermi](/source/Enrico_Fermi), [Stefano Longanesi](/source/Stefano_Longanesi), [Guglielmo Mengarini](/source/Guglielmo_Mengarini), [Antonio Pacinotti](/source/Antonio_Pacinotti), [Pietro Paleocapa](/source/Pietro_Paleocapa), [Giuseppe Peano](/source/Giuseppe_Peano), [Piero Puricelli](/source/Piero_Puricelli), [Augusto Righi](/source/Augusto_Righi), [Ascanio Sobrero](/source/Ascanio_Sobrero);
- **Towns in [Tuscany](/source/Tuscany)**, e.g. [Bagni di Lucca](/source/Bagni_di_Lucca), [Certaldo](/source/Certaldo), [Collodi](/source/Collodi_(Italy)), [Lari](/source/Lari,_Italy), [Pescaglia](/source/Pescaglia), [Prato](/source/Prato), [Scarperia](/source/Scarperia), [Sesto Fiorentino](/source/Sesto_Fiorentino), [Vaiano](/source/Vaiano), [Vicopisano](/source/Vicopisano).

## Places of interest

### Churches

- [Santa Passera](/source/Santa_Passera)
- [Santi Aquila e Priscilla](/source/Santi_Aquila_e_Priscilla)
- [Santa Silvia](/source/Santa_Silvia)

### Parks

- [Villa Bonelli](/source/Villa_Bonelli)

## Bibliography

- Rendina, Claudio & Paradisi, Donatella (2004). *Le strade di Roma. 1st Volume A-D*. Rome: Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 88-541-0208-3.
- Quercioli, Mauro (1997). *I quartieri di Roma*. Rome: Newton & Compton. ISBN 88-8183-639-4.
- Carlo Pietrangeli, *[Insegne e stemmi dei rioni di Roma](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025659/http://www.archiviocapitolinorisorsedigitali.it/scheda_doc.php?IDA=69&IDF=1987&PS=1&PR=100&PB=1&SF=Autore&SV=Carlo%20Pietrangeli&OB=Titolo&OM=)* in «Capitolium», n. 6, 1953 (XXVIII)

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