Regola | |
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Rione of Rome | |
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 Seal | |
 Position of the rione within the center of the city | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Rome |
| Comune | Rome |
| Demonym | Regolanti |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Regola is the 7th rione of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. VII, and belongs to the Municipio I. The name comes from Arenula (the name is recognizable in the modern Via Arenula), which was the name of the soft sand (rena in Italian) that the river Tiber left after the floods, and that built strands on the left bank.
The inhabitants of the rione are called Regolanti. They were nicknamed mangiacode ('tail-eaters'), after the typical dish coda alla vaccinara, which was a specialty of the many vaccinari ('butchers') of the rione.[1][2]
The seal of the rione represents a rampant deer with a turquoise background.
- ^ Guida gastronomica d'Italia-Introduzione alla Guida gastronomica d'Italia (rist. anast. 1931) (in Italian). Touring Editore. 1931. ISBN 978-88-365-2940-7.
- ^ 'frasi' [pseudo. of Francesco Simoncini], Ristoranti a Roma, A.B.E.T.E. 1967, p. 73