Mazzini Square, from the past to the present
The recent redevelopment of Mazzini Square and Avenue represents an important bridge between the past and the present, combining respect for the history and identity of the Prati neighborhood with contemporary needs for sustainability, functionality and urban quality.
In the past, Piazza Mazzini was a place characterized by lush nature. The avenue, often dimly lit and obscured by vegetation, did not offer the livability and safety desired by the community. The historic monumental fountain, inaugurated in 1926 and a symbol of the square, had lost some of its splendor, in need of fundamental restoration.
What Piazza Mazzini in Rome has become like.
Today, thanks to a complex and integrated project, the square has been transformed into a regenerated and contemporary public environment. Targeted pruning, the safe felling of compromised trees, and the planting of 130 new trees of native species such as holm oaks, cypresses, and pines have restored vigor and harmony to the green heritage, which is now healthier and more functional.
Mazzini Avenue received a new modified asphalt paving, a modern solution that combines aesthetics and sustainability by reducing the heat island effect, thus improving comfort for pedestrians.
The historic heart of the square was restored with the magnificent restoration of the fountain designed by Raffaele De Vico, meticulously restored in its architectural and sculptural details, giving it back its role as the scenic and symbolic centerpiece of the square.
The redevelopment of the city green in numbers:
- 130 new trees
- 730 linear meters of ornamental hedges (laurus nobilis and pittosporum tobira)
- 220 plants for pollinators in the rhomboidal flower beds
Toward the future
A hallmark of the future will be the transformation of formerly paved and degraded spaces into permeable green areas with lawns, shrubs and new plants, increasing climate resilience and the ecological corridor to the Monte Mario Nature Reserve, following the innovative model of the “sponge city.”