Ing. Giovanni Maria Abbadessa
Arch. Stefano Abbadessa Mercanti
FromMarch 1998 : The rural soul of the capital
"… at the beginning of the twentyth century this was
a typical rural settlement of those that
the capitoline nobility left with a mezzadria (feudal)system .Then
time has passed, the city has grown … but the village has
dauntlessly resisted. Also because the area, between the Appia Antica
and il Parco degli Acquedotti , is superintended by the Ministero
dei Beni Culturali. Result: here one continues to live in the past,
even if the present is just round the corner … This paradox
has been, right from the beginning, the key for interpreting this
community."