Issues on type and construction in the "rioni" of Rome built after the unification of Italy. the "casa d'affitto".
The essay proposes a multi-criteria examination of Rome's late 19th century tenement house. After city's annexation to the Italian Kingdom, immediately it began the construction of new "rioni" (the traditional Rome districts). This involved the densification of peripheral parts of the historical city hat mostly were characterized by religious buildings, vine yards, villas and gardens.