Garbatella, Rome
May 2, 2023 15:11:50 GMT
Post by fumobici on May 2, 2023 15:11:50 GMT
The Garbatella neighborhood is located near the Tiber, South of the city center. It started out as a rather utopian collective social housing experiment of blocks of small apartment buildings with worker-owned flats. These buildings are clustered around a green space/courtyard where the residents could garden and enjoy a bit of greenery. I gather most of these flats are now ordinary private apartments/condos.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1378.jpg)
The neighborhood is easily accessible from the city center via metro, the station is Garbatella near the river and you just walk uphill from the station to find it.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1379.jpg)
As you near the top of the hill up these residential streets you reach a piazza with this school facing onto it.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1381.jpg)
Lots of street art, much of it unabashedly leftist.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1382.jpg)
Alternative school Scuola Popolare Piero Bruno
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1383.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1384.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1386.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1388.jpg)
Neighborhood theater/performance space, Pallladium.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1390.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1391.jpg)
Popped into one of the courtyards.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1392.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1393.jpg)
Loooved the facade on this restaurant. It's apparently Georgian food (not Y'alliban Georgia!) and very good.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1394.jpg)
An archway to access one of the communal courtyards.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1399.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1400.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1402.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1403.jpg)
I'm not generally a fan of mid/late 20th c. Catholic churches, but this one ain't bad.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1404.jpg)
I I fell in love with this little piazza nursing a big, blood orange spremuta in the shade surrounded by locals chatting at their tables. I think they know how great they've got it here. Just heaven. This is not a touristy place— not even slightly. I didn't see another tourist taking photos until I'd almost got back to the metro station.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1405.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1406.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1408.jpg)
There was a green square nearby where there were a bunch of food trucks setting up for lunch.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1411.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1412.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1413.jpg)
Really liked this arched entrance to another block of apartments around a green courtyard. One of the flats was for sale. I didn't inquire.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1414.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1416.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1418.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1419.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1420.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1421.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1422.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1423.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1424.jpg)
This is a little social collective 0km restaurant/cafe/neighborhood hang out situated in a park. I was still too full from my hotel's ginormous complimentary Full English breakfast to give it a try, but the reviews are good and the menu is more than affordable.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1426.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1427.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1378.jpg)
The neighborhood is easily accessible from the city center via metro, the station is Garbatella near the river and you just walk uphill from the station to find it.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1379.jpg)
As you near the top of the hill up these residential streets you reach a piazza with this school facing onto it.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1381.jpg)
Lots of street art, much of it unabashedly leftist.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1382.jpg)
Alternative school Scuola Popolare Piero Bruno
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1383.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1384.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1386.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1388.jpg)
Neighborhood theater/performance space, Pallladium.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1390.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1391.jpg)
Popped into one of the courtyards.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1392.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1393.jpg)
Loooved the facade on this restaurant. It's apparently Georgian food (not Y'alliban Georgia!) and very good.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1394.jpg)
An archway to access one of the communal courtyards.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1399.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1400.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1402.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1403.jpg)
I'm not generally a fan of mid/late 20th c. Catholic churches, but this one ain't bad.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1404.jpg)
I I fell in love with this little piazza nursing a big, blood orange spremuta in the shade surrounded by locals chatting at their tables. I think they know how great they've got it here. Just heaven. This is not a touristy place— not even slightly. I didn't see another tourist taking photos until I'd almost got back to the metro station.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1405.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1406.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1408.jpg)
There was a green square nearby where there were a bunch of food trucks setting up for lunch.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1411.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1412.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1413.jpg)
Really liked this arched entrance to another block of apartments around a green courtyard. One of the flats was for sale. I didn't inquire.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1414.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1416.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1418.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1419.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1420.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1421.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1422.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1423.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1424.jpg)
This is a little social collective 0km restaurant/cafe/neighborhood hang out situated in a park. I was still too full from my hotel's ginormous complimentary Full English breakfast to give it a try, but the reviews are good and the menu is more than affordable.
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1426.jpg)
![](https://scrimshaw-globes.com/garbatella/IMG_1427.jpg)