Tiber embankment

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The Tiber embankment is a system of river walls and flood-control structures built along the Tiber River in Rome to contain its waters and protect the city’s historic center.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tiber River embankments 1
Tiber embankment canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flood-control structure ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ
river embankment ⓘ
architecturalStyle functional engineering works of late 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Lungotevere ⓘ
constructionEndApprox early 20th century ⓘ
constructionStartApprox late 19th century ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
designedTo contain the Tiber within a fixed channel ⓘ
reduce flood risk in Rome ⓘ
effect creation of elevated riverfront roads ⓘ
separation of city from natural riverbanks ⓘ
feature arches and openings for bridges ⓘ
high retaining walls ⓘ
parapets ⓘ
ramps and stairways to the riverbanks ⓘ
followsCourseOf Tiber River through central Rome ⓘ
hasLowerLevel walkways along the river ⓘ
hasSectionNear Campo Marzio ⓘ
Castel Sant'Angelo ⓘ
Isola Tiberina ⓘ
linked to: Tiber Island

Jewish Ghetto of Rome ⓘ
Trastevere ⓘ
heritageContext historic urban landscape of Rome ⓘ
hydrologicalRole regulates Tiber water levels in central Rome ⓘ
integratedWith Tiber River bridges in Rome ⓘ
locatedIn Rome ⓘ
locatedOn Tiber River ⓘ
linked to: Tiber
maintainedBy municipality of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Comune di Roma
material masonry ⓘ
stone ⓘ
partOf Rome flood-control system ⓘ
protects historic center of Rome ⓘ
riverside districts of Rome ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
protection of historic center of Rome ⓘ
reasonForConstruction devastating 1870 flood in Rome ⓘ
frequent historical flooding of the Tiber ⓘ
region Lazio ⓘ
riskMitigated seasonal flooding of the Tiber ⓘ
riverKilometersCoveredApprox central urban stretch of the Tiber in Rome ⓘ
runsAlong Lungotevere ⓘ
stillInUse true ⓘ
urbanImpact required demolition of older riverside buildings ⓘ
reshaped riverfront neighborhoods ⓘ
usedFor pedestrian access to lower riverbanks in some stretches ⓘ
visibleFrom many Tiber River bridges in Rome ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cloaca Maxima → connectedTo → Tiber embankment ⓘ
Piazzale Flaminio → hasNearbyLandmark → Tiber River embankments ⓘ
linked to: Tiber embankment