Borgo (district)

Borgo ( ital. Borgo ) - the area of Rome , located from the Vatican Palace to the Castle of the Holy Angel . The name comes from it. Burg in the meaning of "city", which became ital. Borgo . During the construction of Via della Conciliazione in 1936-1950, the medieval buildings of the area in which there were shelters for pilgrims from all over the world were destroyed. The coat of arms of Borgo depicts a lying lion in front of a mountain above which a star stands. The lion is the symbol of Pope Leo IV , who built the Civitas Leonina , as well as Pope Sixt V , who incorporated Borgo into the city.

Buildings in the Borgo area:

Squares

• piazza Scossacavalli (destroyed in 1937)

Roads

• Via della conciliazione
• Vicolo del campanile
• Borgo pio
• Borgo Santo Spirito

Building

• Castle of the Holy Angel
• Hospital of Santo Spirito
• Palazzo Torlonia
• Palazzo dei penitenzieri
• Palazzo dei convertendi
• Palazzo cesi
• Palazzo rusticucci
• Palazzo alicorni
• Palazzo del commendatore

Churches

• Santa Maria in Traspontina
• Santo spirito in sassia
• San lorenzo in piscibus
• Santi michele e magno
• San Giacomo a Scossacavalli (destroyed in 1937)
• Sant'Angelo ai Corridori (destroyed in 1940)

Goal

• Porta castello
• Porta Santo Spirito

Bridges

• St. Angel Bridge
• Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II

Other facilities

• passhetto
• Leoninsky wall
• cannonball fountain