Xavier de Mérodé as the First City Planner of Modern Rome
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Historia del urbanismo, siglo XIX, Roma capital, Merode, Xavier deAbstract
The paper draws attention to the work of Xavier de Mérode (1820-1874) in what many consider to be as
his capacity as the first city planner of modern Rome. A senior Vatican prelate and closely liked to the
Europe of his times, he is here presented as a key figure for the proper understanding of 19th Century city
planning as much for his many family and social ties with the Europe of his period. Born of a noble
Franco-Belgian family that had its roots in Spain, from 1847 onwards he lived in Rome where he fulfilled
the office of private secretary to Pope Pius IX who charged him with the care of his military matters
(1860) and then Social Affairs (1866) along with the urban development of his Capital.Wishing to turn
Rome into a modern European city, he put in motion the city development of the Termini district and
headed the City Hall’s drives that bore fruit in the Via Nacionale and the Macao and Esquilino districts.
Merodé’s rich and dense biography though passed over by Italian studies past and ignored by those
present is g here seen as being given an important dimension by his city planning endeavours.
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