Lungotevere

Lungotevere Aventino (left) and Lungotevere Ripa (right)

Lungotevere (Italian for Tiber Waterfront) is an alley or boulevard running along the river Tiber within the city of Rome. The building of the Lungoteveres required the demolition of the former edifices along the river banks and the construction of retaining walls called muraglioni (massive walls).[1]

The Tiber from Ponte Sisto facing north prior to the construction of the Lungotevere in a watercolour of Ettore Roesler Franz
  1. ^ Rendina-Paradisi, p. 664