Parioli

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Parioli is a neighbourhood in the city of Rome. The name derives from the denomination Monti Parioli, a series of tufo hills, given to the area before its incorporation into the city proper at the beginning of the 20th century. Some suggest that the name stems from peraioli as it was once the site of pear orchards.

The area extends approximately from via Salaria and the end of viale Regina Margherita, to the slope descending towards the Tiber and the Museum of Modern Art, found on viale delle Belle Arti. The other two sides are approximately delineated by Villa Borghese and Villa Ada. In the 19th century Viale Regina Margherita was a tree-lined avenue that lead from the neighborhood of San Lorenzo district to the fields of Monti Parioli.

Principal arteries of the area include:

• viale Parioli, a wide, tree lined avenue extending from piazza Ungheria to villa Gloria and Acqua Acetosa.
• Via Archimede, a quiet, horeshoe shaped street, curiously divides in two branches which both maintain the same name, site of numerous embassies.
• viale Bruno Buozzi, a wide, tree lined street discending from piazza Pitagora to viale delle Belle Arti and the Tiber.
• via dei Monti Parioli, a small street at the summit of the neighborhood, over-looked by elegant residential buildings; also the location of the Belgian Embassy and Monte Parioli English School, for children under 10 years old.
• piazza Euclide, a wide square considered the center of the area.

Parioli began as an upper-middle class neighbourhood and during the Fascist period was the residence of many high-ranking party and state functionaries. Urbanization was completed in the 1950s. Today, Parioli is considered one of the trendiest neighbourhoods of the capital.