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'''Regola''' is the 7th {{lang|it|[[rioni of Rome|rione]]}} of [[Rome]], Italy, identified by the initials '''R. VII''', and belongs to the [[Municipio I]]. The name comes from {{lang|la|Arenula}} (the name is recognizable in the modern ''Via Arenula''), which was the name of the soft sand ({{lang|it|rena}} in [[Italian language|Italian]]) that the river [[Tiber]] left after the floods, and that built strands on the left bank.
The inhabitants of the {{lang|it|rione}} are called {{lang|it|Regolanti}}. They were nicknamed {{lang|it|mangiacode}} ('tail-eaters'), after the typical dish {{lang|it|[[coda alla vaccinara]]}}, which was a specialty of the many {{lang|it|vaccinari}} ('butchers') of the {{lang|it|rione}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnJ5J5WYZeUC&pg=PA319 |title=Guida gastronomica d'Italia-Introduzione alla Guida gastronomica d'Italia (rist. anast. 1931) |date=1931 |publisher=Touring Editore |isbn=978-88-365-2940-7 |language=it}}</ref><ref>'frasi' [pseudo. of Francesco Simoncini], <!-- not the type designer [[Francesco Simoncini]] --> ''Ristoranti a Roma'', A.B.E.T.E. 1967, p. 73</ref>
The seal of the {{lang|it|rione}} represents a rampant deer with a turquoise background.
==History==
During the [[Roman Empire]], the area belonged to the ''[[Campus Martius]]''. In particular, in the modern Regola there was the ''[[trigarium]]'', the stadium where the riders of the ''triga'' (a cart with three horses) used to train.
When [[Augustus|Emperor Augustus]] divided [[Rome]] into [[14 regions of Augustan Rome|14 regions]], the modern Regola belonged was included in the IX region called ''[[Circus Flaminius]]''. In the [[Middle Ages]] it entered the fourth of the seven new ecclesiastic regions, even if at that time the limits of the ''rioni'' were not very clear.
Because of the very frequent floods of the river [[Tiber]], the area was unhealthy and it was drained at the end of the Middle Ages.
In 1586, when [[Borgo (rione of Rome)|''rione'' Borgo]] was established, the number of the ''rioni'' increased to 14, and Regola became the 7th, with the name of ''Arenulae et Chacabariorum''.
In 1875, after the walls to stop the floods of the Tiber were built, the look of the area changed completely, removing all the things that grew up close to the river during the centuries.
Though small, the ''rione'' contains many kinds of buildings: palaces, hospitals, churches, embassies, ancient prisons and poor houses.
==Geography==
===Boundaries===
To the north, Regola borders with [[Ponte (rione of Rome)|Ponte]] (R. V), from which is separated by Via Bravaria, Vicolo della Scimia, Via delle Carceri and Via dei Banchi Vecchi; with [[Parione]] (R. VI), whose border is marked by Via dei Banchi Vecchi, Via del Pellegrino, Via dei Cappellari, [[Campo de' Fiori]], Via dei Giubbonari; and with [[Sant'Eustachio (rione of Rome)|Sant'Eustachio]] (R. VIII), the boundary being outlined by Via dei Giubbonari, Piazza [[Benedetto Cairoli]], Via Arenula and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto.
To the east, it borders with [[Sant'Angelo (rione of Rome)|Sant'Angelo]] (R. XI), from which is separated by Via di Santa Maria del Pianto and Piazza delle Cinque Scole, up to the [[Tiber]]. The Tiber itself briefly outlines the boundary with [[Ripa (rione of Rome)|Ripa]] (R. XII), alongside the [[Tiber Island]].
Southward and westward, Regola borders with [[Trastevere]] (R. XIII), from which is separated by the stretch of the Tiber between [[Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini]] and [[Ponte Garibaldi]].
==Places of interest==
===Palaces and other buildings===
* Palazzo Cisterna, in [[Via Giulia]].
* [[Palazzo Falconieri]], in Via Giulia.
* [[Palazzo Farnese]], in [[Piazza Farnese]], seat of the French embassy.
* [[Palazzo Fusconi-Pighini]], in Piazza Farnese.
* Palazzo Piacentini, in Via Arenula, seat of the [[Ministry of Justice (Italy)|Ministry of Justice]].
* [[Palazzo del Monte di Pietà]], in Piazza del Monte di Pietà.
* [[Palazzo Spada]] and [[Galleria Spada]], in Piazza Capo di Ferro.
* Palazzo Cenci, in Via Beatrice Cenci.
* Palazzetto Cenci, in Piazza Cenci.
===Churches===
* [[Sant'Eligio degli Orefici]]
* [[Santa Maria in Monticelli]]
* [[Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome|Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini]]
* [[San Salvatore in Onda]]
* [[Santo Spirito dei Napoletani]]
* [[Santa Caterina da Siena a Via Giulia]]
* [[Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte]]
* [[Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio]]
* [[San Paolo alla Regola]]
* San Tommaso ai Cenci
* [[Santa Maria del Pianto]]
* [[San Salvatore in Campo]]
* [[Santa Maria della Quercia, Rome|Santa Maria della Quercia]]
* [[Santa Brigida, Rome|Santa Brigida]]
* [[San Girolamo della Carità]]
* Santa Caterina della Rota
* [[San Tommaso di Canterbury]]
* [[Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli]]
* [[Santa Lucia del Gonfalone]]
===Education===
Public libraries in Regola include the ''Biblioteca Centrale dei Ragazzi''.<ref>"[http://www.comune.roma.it/wps/portal/pcr?jppagecode=biblioteche_centri_specializz.wp Biblioteche ed i Centri specializzati]." City of Rome. Retrieved on 8 September 2012.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://mp_pollett.tripod.com/rione07.htm History, maps and images of the rione]
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