Magliana

The space is home to a good deal of economic activity that stretches from the main street, Via Della Magliana in the northwest of the neighborhood, to the southeast towards the Tiber River.

The Piazza Fabrizio De Andre is consistently filled with people; in the morning the older generation can be seen sitting on the many benches or strolling through.

The Mercato Magliana is open in the morning and early afternoon and offers a wide variety of goods at discount prices.

As the population grew, residents lived in increasingly crowded conditions and the lack of basic necessities became more evident.

Their projects displayed abusivismo, disregard for building regulations, and included construction in areas located below river level and consequently threatened by flooding.

The government ignored the underprivileged and underdeveloped state of Magliana and its residents, which enraged the community and resulted in the formation of citizens' action committees (Vomitato dei Quartieri).

Landlords would demand unmanageable rents from residents even though apartments were sometimes not connected to water and telephone lines.

On the more organised end of the spectrum, the Comitato di quartiere still holds activities and also teaches an Italian-language class for immigrants two days a week.