{"id":1081,"date":"2026-03-20T11:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=1081"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:02:16","slug":"parco-savelli-giardino-degli-aranci","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=1081","title":{"rendered":"Parco\u00a0Savelli\/Giardino\u00a0degli\u00a0Aranci\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-902.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-902.png 399w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-902-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Giardino<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(garden), a public park on the Aventine created in 1932, provides the public with a belvedere, a panoramic view of the\u00a0City,\u00a0similar to\u00a0other such sites in the\u00a0City: the Janiculum and\u00a0Pincian\u00a0Hills and Monte Mario.\u00a0This magnificent\u00a0<strong>garden<\/strong>, named after the orange trees growing abundantly there, sits over the area of the Medieval family fortresses built here\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a09<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century\u00a0(<strong>Crescentii\u00a0family<\/strong>)\u00a0and\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a013<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0(Savelli\u00a0family).\u00a0It abuts the adjacent\u00a0Clivo\u00a0di Rocca Savella, a long, sloping walkway from the Tiber River to the top of the Aventine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"301\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-903.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1083\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wall of the medieval Savelli castle<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>remains&nbsp;at the far end of the&nbsp;hill.&nbsp;For&nbsp;many&nbsp;years&nbsp;the&nbsp;Dominicans&nbsp;of&nbsp;Santa&nbsp;Sabina&nbsp;utilized&nbsp;the&nbsp;open space around it as their vegetable garden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-905.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-905.png 333w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-905-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the entrance of the park in&nbsp;<strong>Piazza Pietro&nbsp;D&#8217;Illiria,&nbsp;<\/strong>rests a&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fountain<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>composed of two separate pieces: a Roman sarcophagus and a monumental&nbsp;marble&nbsp;mask&nbsp;originally&nbsp;set&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;16<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century&nbsp;fountain&nbsp;in&nbsp;the center of the&nbsp;City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-906.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-906.png 322w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-906-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0spectacular,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">panoramic\u00a0view<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>from\u00a0the\u00a0platform\u00a0at\u00a0far\u00a0edge\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0park provides a breathtaking vista of the City below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-907.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-907.png 346w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-907-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Giardino\u00a0(garden), a public park on the Aventine created in 1932, provides the public with a belvedere, a panoramic view 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