Pontino-San Marco District

Via Castelli, Pontino districtThe Pontino-San Marco district extends to the north-west of the city, occupying a vast area with a network of streets that echoes Buontalenti’s original street layout when he designed the city for the Medici in the 16th century.

Originally there were two separate districts – Il Pontino, which comprised the old district which developed around Via Borra, Via San Marco, Via Solferino and towards the Porta San Marco in Piazza XI Maggio. Although given the name Pontino, this was actually the district of San Marco. The other district, wrongly called San Marco (the area around Via Garibaldi and Via Palestro which grew up in the Lorraine period) was given the title Borgo Reale. So the district should really be called San Marco Borgo Reale, or just San Marco.

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