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Parione
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thumb|A marble plaque bearing the name of the Parione is the 6th of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. VI, and belongs to the Municipio I. Its name comes from the fact that in the area there was a huge ancient wall, maybe belonging to the stadium of Domitianus; the nickname people gave to this wall was ('big wall' in ancient Italian), from which the name Parione.

Key facts

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Parione
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Rione of Rome
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Piazza Navona 1.jpg
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300px
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Piazza Navona
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Image:Rome_rione_VI_parione_logo.png
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100px
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Rome - Muni 1 - Parione.PNG
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200px
Settlement.map_caption
Position of the within the center of the city
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bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lazio
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Province
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Rome
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Comune
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Rome

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Boundaries
  • Places of interest
  • Palaces and other buildings
  • Churches
  • Other
  • External links

thumb|A marble plaque bearing the name of the Parione is the 6th of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. VI, and belongs to the Municipio I. Its name comes from the fact that in the area there was a huge ancient wall, maybe belonging to the stadium of Domitianus; the nickname people gave to this wall was ('big wall' in ancient Italian), from which the name Parione.

The coat of arms of the depicts a rampant griffon, a Greek mythological creature with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion. It was chosen as a symbol of pride and nobility.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parione” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

2 mapped locations