Agro Romano
"View of Rome from Mt. Mario" by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691 - 1765)
Even today, Rome has a large amount of agricultural land inside the ring road and within the city in general.
Rome is Europe’s largest agricultural municipality with 517 square meters of
agriculture accounting for 40% of its total surface. (Morassut, 2008)
In the aerial view of the city below (red lines notating the center city and ring road), the green highlighted land area gives an example of just how much land is still used for agricultural so close to the city center. Modern day city planning efforts consider farm land conservation as one of its top priorities, so this land use is not likely to disappear soon.
Rome is Europe’s largest agricultural municipality with 517 square meters of
agriculture accounting for 40% of its total surface. (Morassut, 2008)
In the aerial view of the city below (red lines notating the center city and ring road), the green highlighted land area gives an example of just how much land is still used for agricultural so close to the city center. Modern day city planning efforts consider farm land conservation as one of its top priorities, so this land use is not likely to disappear soon.