Primavalle

Primavalle is the 27th of Rome, identified by the initials Q. XXVII. It is part of the Municipio XIV.

==History== Thanks to several archaeological discoveries, the first settlements in the area can be dated back to 1st century BC: a structure of that period, that was part of a thermal bath, was found between Via Pietro Bembo and Via Pietro Gasparri, belonging to a villa rustica, in the little valley where the Fosso della Favara used to flow; and in 1912 a big dolium was discovered during the broadening of Via della Pineta Sacchetti. This has led historians to hypothesize that the area was inhabited from the 1st century AD mainly with farms and agricultural estates supplying the market of the Urbs. In the area where is now located the Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic a villa or a farm should have existed, as during the refurbishment of an adjoining plot of land tufa and travertine blocks have been found. Also noteworthy is a section of aqueduct built by Emperor Trajan in AD 109, restored by Pope Paul V in the 17th century, and today incorporated into newer buildings and largely buried. During the Roman Empire period, the area currently occupied by the neighborhood lay within the fifth mile from Rome, an imaginary line within which important rural festivals were celebrated. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the area was used for cultivation and was largely uninhabited, forming part of the vast Agro Romano, with scattered huts and buildings.