Rioni of Rome - Modern Ages

Modern Ages

During the Renaissance there was a deep reorganization and expansion of the city, so it became necessary to delimit the rioni exactly.

In 1586 Sixtus V added to the 13 rioni another one: Borgo, which before had been administered separately from the city. This situation, thanks to the low population increase, did not change until the 19th century.

In 1744 Pope Benedict XIV, because of frequent misunderstanding, decided to replan the administrative division of Rome, giving the responsibility of it to Count Bernardini. The marble plates defining the borders of each rione, some of which still exist, were installed in that year.

In 1798, during the Roman Republic, there was a rationalization of the administrative division of the city creating 12 rioni (with the modern rione in parentheses):

1. Terme (part of Monti);
2. Suburra (part of Monti);
3. Quirinale (Trevi);
4. Pincio (Colonna);
5. Marte (Campo Marzio);
6. Bruto (Ponte);
7. Pompeo (Regola and Parione);
8. Flaminio (Sant'Eustachio);
9. Pantheon (Pigna and Sant'Angelo);
10. Campidoglio (Campitelli e Ripa);
11. Gianicolo (Trastevere);
12. Vaticano (Borgo);

Soon after this, during the domination of Napoleon, Rome was split up in 8 parts, now called Giustizie (meaning "justices" in Italian):

1. Monti;
2. Trevi;
3. Colonna e Campo Marzio;
4. Ponte e Borgo;
5. Parione e Regola;
6. Sant'Eustachio e Pigna;
7. Campitelli, Sant'Angelo e Ripa);
8. Trastevere.

So the smaller rioni were united to the large ones. At this time the French affixed in each street a plate with its name and the areas it belonged to.