Villa Fiorelli, Urban park near Via Tuscolana, Rome, Italy
Villa Fiorelli is an urban park in southeastern Rome featuring a design by architect Raffaele De Vico with circular roads and radial pathways that organize the space. The grounds include seating areas, a children's play area, and multiple entrances for access.
The area was part of a rural Costantini property from the late 18th century; a rustic building of Count Vincenzo Costantini appears in the Gregorian Cadastre of 1818. In 1848 Countess Teresa Costantini married Luigi Fiorelli, whose family gave the villa its name. Early 20th-century expropriation and building left only the land acquired by the Governatorato in 1930, turned into a public park.
The name comes from the Fiorelli family, who acquired the property when Countess Teresa Costantini married Luigi Fiorelli in 1848. A plaque placed at the centre of the park in 1982 recalls that in 1849 Giuseppe Garibaldi, hosted by the Fiorellis, watered his horse here and regrouped before leaving for Venice.
Villa Fiorelli has four entrances: from the piazza of the same name facing the church of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio, and from via Melfi, via Avezzano and via Enna. It lies in the Tuscolano district, in Municipio Roma VII, southeast of the historic centre.
General Giuseppe Garibaldi stopped here in 1849 to rest his horse while organizing his escape from Rome after the Roman Republic's fall. This brief visit ties the place to a pivotal moment in Italian history.
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