The Italian statistics institute (ISTAT) as of August 2025 provides a list of streets, avenues, squares which have been named in time. There are a little over 1.2 million names. The top street names as “Roma”, “Giuseppe Garibaldi” (the national hero for the unification of the country in the 19th century), “Dante Alighieri” (the author of the Divine Comedy) etc….but there are a lot of lesser known street names which turn out to be curious.
As an example, we started looking for streets and squares dedicated to singers/songwriters. In the map below you can see the ones for Lucio Battisti (the green circles), Rino Gaetano (the yellow diamond), Luigi Tenco (the blue triangle). The size of the symbol is related to the size of the street or square, and clicking on a symbol will show the name of the municipality where it is located*.
If you live in Italy, you know of a street or a square dedicated to a singer/songwriter, and you would like to add to the map the distribution of that name, please write to micalosapevo@pibinko.org. Also, if you know of streets or squares named after singers, songwriters, and musicians in other countries around the world, please let us know! NOTE: this is not a hit parade!
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- Data source: Stradario ISTAT 4-8-2025
- Photos: Wikipedia
- Base map: OpenStreetMap
[1] Please note tha the locations used are the centroids of the municipal territory, since a given street or square may not just be located in the
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