Pigneto is a little urban island, a town in the town, in which his inhabitants confuse themeselves with new one attracted by the peculiarity of this area.

A charming place, full of humanity, the true scenario for some of the most important movies of italian “Neorealismo” as:
“Roma Città Aperta” (Rossellini, 1945), memorable the scene with Pina (Anna Magnani) killed in the street Raimondio Montecuccoli;
“Bellissima” (Visconti, 1951) with Anna Magnani and Walter Chiari;
“Domenica della buona gente” (Majano, 1953) with Sophia Loren and Nino Manfredi;
“Il Ferroviere” (Germi, 1955) with Pietro Germi, Sylva Koscina, Luisa Della Noce and Carlo Giuffrè;
“Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti” (Loy, 1960) with Vittorio Gassman, Claudia Cardinale, Renato “Salvatori”, Nino Manfredi and Tiberio Murgia;
“Accattone” (Pasolini, 1960) with Franco Citti;
“Una vita difficile” (Dino Risi, 1961) with Alberto Sordi;
“Ultrà” (Ricky Tognazzi, 1990) with Claudio Amendola;
“Nestore, l'ultima corsa” (Alberto Sordi, 1994) with Alberto Sordi.

The natural vocation of “Pigneto” to be a movie set is to the peculiarity of his history, made by simple people, workers who lived a hinterland grown-up near the city center that Pierpaolo Pasolini called: “The crown of thorns that surround city of God”

Little Local Market
Every last sunday of month the traffic island of street “Via del Pigneto” becames a local market with antique, modern art and vintage collectors will enjoy it.

Toys and Plays Historical Museum
street Vincenzo Coronelli 24-26a - 00176 Roma
tel. 06 21 70 07 82 - memoriagiocosa@subbas.net

”Pennazzato” Library
steet Pennazzato, 112 - Roma
tel. 06 25 88 380

”Pigneto” Library
Municipio Roma VI - Prenestino-Labicano
steet Attilio Mori, 18 - 00176 Roma