Pigna

Rome -- medieval

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Praelocutio

Pigna is the name of rione IX of Rome. The name means "pine cone" in Italian, and the symbol for the rione is the colossal bronze pine cone, the Pigna.

Historia

The giant bronze pine cone (Pigna) once decorated a fountain in Ancient Rome next to a vast Temple of Isis. There water flowed copiously from the top of the pinecone.

Locorum

This rione is centrally located in the Campus Martius area of ancient Rome. It is roughly square-shaped, extending from the Pantheon on its northwest corner to the Piazza Venezia on the southeast. This relatively small area contains numerous churches and palazzi.

Squares

Piazza del Collegio Romano

Piazza Grazioli

Piazza del Gesù

Piazza della Minerva

Piazza della Pigna

Piazza della Rotonda

Piazza di Santa Chiara

Piazza di Sant'Ignazio

Piazza di San Macuto

Piazza di San Marcello

Piazza di San Marco

Piazza Venezia

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