The Sallustiano District, the 17th district of Rome (R. XVII), takes its name from the Horti Sallustiani, sumptuous gardens created in the 1st century BC. It extends between Via XX Settembre, Via Boncompagni, and Corso d’Italia.
It once housed monuments such as the Temple of Venus Erycina, whose golden mirror appears on the district’s coat of arms, and the Circus of Flora.
Devastated by the Visigoths in 410, the district, lacking water, became depopulated. It came back to life in the 16th century with the restoration of the Acqua Felice aqueduct and the opening of Via Pia.
In the 19th century, it was urbanized with elegant buildings arranged in a grid plan.

Today, the district has a residential area and another dominated by offices and ministries. Piazza Sallustio, with its ancient remains, is the quiet heart of the neighborhood.
In the southeast corner stands the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, with Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.

The coat of arms depicts a golden mirror on a blue background, symbolizing the Temple of Venus Erycina, a deity associated with beauty and love.