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Abstract: The study narrates the urban and landscape evolution of the area formerly known as Valle dell’Inferno through the description of the transformations that brought about the current arrangement. Using the hill of Monte Ciocci as an ideal observation point of this evolution, the author describes how the particular geomorphology of the area and its topographical position in relation to the city has influenced the methods of building and infrastructure construction (villas, cemeteries, furnaces, military, mobility and leisure infrastructure). The essay also analyzes the consequences produced by the realization of these structures, both in terms of conservation and modification of the local landscape as compared to some events of the urban history of Rome. The study it’s completed by a bibliography on individual episodes of urban transformation considering as well the evolution in the toponyms of the area. 

Keywords: Monte Ciocci; Valle dell’inferno; Villa Giulia; Entrenched Field of Rome; Railway Roma-Viterbo