Trastevere

Rome, Italia
A Human Se lement Based on Time Dimension

Human Se lement Study By:

Ar. Alfred Geoffrey C. Carandang

In 1563, England’s
Queen Elizabeth I
coined the La n
phrase “Romam
uno die non fuisse
conditam” (Rome
wasn’t built in a
day). She might
have also added:
“And it was hardly
planned at all.”
 Trastevere is one of Rome's most
colorful areas and is o en referred to as
a "real Roman neighborhood."
Its name translates to "beyond the Tiber" and
refers to its loca on on the west bank of the Tiber
or Tevere in Italian.
 Coloseum
Trevi Fountain

Pantheon

Va can City Trastevere

 In Rome's Regal period (753–
509 BC), the area across the
Tiber belonged to the hos le
Etruscans: the Romans named
it Ripa Etrusca (Etruscan bank).
Rome conquered it to gain
control of and access to the
river from both banks, but was
not interested in building on
that side of the river. In fact,
the only connec on between
Trastevere and the rest of the
city was a small wooden bridge
called the Pons Sublicius (La n:
"bridge built on wooden
piles").
By the me of the
Republic c. 509 BC, the
number of sailors and
fishermen making a
living from the river had
increased, and many
had taken up residence
in Trastevere.
Immigrants from the
East also se led there,
mainly Jews and Syrians.
The area began to be considered part of the
city under Augustus, who divided Rome into 14
regions (regiones in La n); modern Trastevere
was the XIV and was called Trans Tiberim.

With the wealth of the Imperial
Age, several important figures
decided to build their villae in
Trastevere, including Clodia,
(Catullus' "friend") and Julius
Caesar (his garden villa, the
Hor Caesaris). The regio
included two of the most
ancient churches in Rome, the
Titulus Callix , later called the
Basilica di Santa Maria in
Trastevere, and the Titulus
Cecilae, Santa Cecilia in
Trastevere.
The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere
contains brilliant gold mosaics from the 1100s,
and a nave held up by ancient columns pillaged
from the Baths of Caracalla.
Where did most Romans live?
Domiciles
The word, domicile,
comes from the La n
words domus, meaning
'house,' and colas, which
means 'dweller.' Words
such as 'domes c' and
'colony' share those
La n roots. Today, we
simply think of a
domicile as a house.
Very poor Romans lived in cramped
apartment buildings known
as insulae. These buildings were
usually three to five stories high.
The poorest people lived at the top.
Individual apartments were no
more than one or two rooms.
Because most poor
Romans spent their day
working, they only used
these dwellings to sleep in.
The apartments lacked
kitchens and running
water. As a result, poor
Romans o en bought and
ate their food at taverns,
bathed at the public baths
and used public toilets.
Water had to be collected
from a public water
fountain and carried home.

Wealthy Romans could
afford a country house,
called a villa, and a
town house, called
a domus.
In the Middle Ages Trastevere had narrow, winding,
irregular streets; moreover, because of the mignani
(structures on the front of buildings) there was no space for
carriages to pass. At the end of the 15th century these
mignani were removed. Nevertheless, Trastevere remained
a maze of narrow streets. There was a strong contrast
between the large, opulent houses of the upper classes and
the small, dilapidated houses of the poor. The streets had
no pavement un l the me of Sixtus IV at the end of the
15th century.
At first bricks were used, but these
were later replaced by sampietrini
(cobble stones), which were more
suitable for carriages. Thanks to its
par al isola on (it was "beyond
the Tiber") and to the fact that its
popula on had been mul cultural
since the ancient Roman period,
the inhabitants of Trastevere,
called Trasteverini, developed a
culture of their own. In 1744
Benedict XIV modified the borders
of the rioni, giving Trastevere its
modern limits.
There's perhaps no be er Roman neighborhood
in which to get lost than Trastevere. Mostly laid
out in the medieval era, its cobblestone streets
are a picturesque warren of ochre-colored
buildings, old doorways with an que
doorknockers, arched passageways, flower-filled
balconies and Rome's ubiquitous graffi . It's
hard to take a bad photo here.
Like many
neighborhoods in
central Rome,
Trastevere's wide
piazzas are equivalent
to living rooms–open
spaces where locals
gather to talk and
where tourists can
linger to soak up the
ambiance.
Italy may be a country known for its wine, but
the cra beer craze is in full swing here,
especially in Rome and other big ci es.
Trastevere has a slew of great bars, mostly
falling on the artsy, divey side.
 Trastevere is a
neighborhood best
explored on foot. In
fact, walking is really
the only way to see it.
Several tour companies
in Rome offer walking
foodie tours, where
you learn about Roman
culinary tradi ons as
you walk from eatery
to eatery, sampling
along the way.
I had the opportunity to learn a
lot of new things about the
Eternal City of Rome and the
Trastevere neighborhood. I
learned the fastest way to drink
coffee with the history of
architecture as your background, I
tasted the best pasta, pizza and
the most delicious ice cream in
the world!
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