Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in Rome.
Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and centers more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II. It is now partly a Chinese immigrant neighborhood, and specialty groceries and shoe stores abound. There is also still some disgruntled graffiti to be found lamenting this fact, such as "Esquilino - White and Catholic. Defend it with us.". San Giovanni is named after the Basilica, which is the parish church of Rome. The area is south-east of the Esquiline.
