Quartiere Coppedè historical timeline

An eclectic architect built forty-three houses in twelve years, died before they were finished, and left Rome a corner of invented history that horror cinema later adopted.

Chronology

1. 1915 — Gino Coppedè begins the quarter; it is designed and built between 1915 and 1927 by the eclectic architect Gino Coppedè, from whom it takes its name.
2. Through the 1920s — a complex of 26 palazzine and 17 villini rises between the Salaria and the Nomentana, articulated around piazza Mincio.
3. At the entrance — a richly decorated "arcone" joining the two buildings of the ambassadors, from which descends a great wrought-iron chandelier, is built to define the way in.
4. In Piazza Mincio — the central space is occupied by the Fontana delle Rane, an imposing fountain populated by twelve frogs.
5. 1927 — the works are complete. They were completed by his son-in-law Paolo Emilio Andrè, after Coppedè's own death.
6. Later — the quarter decidedly bewitched the horror director Dario Argento, who used it as the location of two of his most famous feature films, "Inferno" and "L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo"; scenes of "Il profumo della signora in nero" by Francesco Barilli, "Ultimo tango a Zagarolo" by Nando Cicero and "Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti" by Nanni Loy with Vittorio Gassman were also shot here.
7. Today — it remains residential: no hours, no price and no ticket are published, because there is nothing to open.

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