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Acilia Nord
Acilia is a neighborhood and a ''frazione'' of Rome, Italy, located about half- way between Rome and Ostia, along the Via Ostiense. With a population 66,932 in 2008 it is the third largest Italian ''frazione'' after Ostia and Mestre. History The name remembers the Roman family of the Acilii, which during the Roman age owned their estates here. In the years around World War I the zone, once plagued by malaria, was reclaimed. The first modern settlements took place during the 1920s, but only the opening of the ''Via del mare'' and of the railway between Rome and Ostia boosted the development of the area. In 1940 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini inaugurated a settlement designed by the engineer Dario Pater. Here were hosted many inhabitants coming from Borgo, which had lost their homes because of the demolition of the ''spina''. Today Acilia belongs to the ''X Municipio'', the part of Rome that overlooks the Tyrrhenian Sea. Transport Acilia is served by a railway station on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Pater
Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius. Given name *Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician *Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director *Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper *Dario Bellezza (1944–1996), Italian poet *Dario Benuzzi (born 1946), Italian test driver *Darío Botero (1938–2010), Colombian writer and philosopher *Dario Campeotto (born 1939), Danish singer, actor, entertainer *Dario Cologna (born 1986), Swiss cross-country skier *Dario Dainelli (born 1979), Italian footballer, former captain of Fiorentina *Dario Fo (1926–2016), Italian Nobel prize winner *Dario Franchitti (born 1973), Scottish Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series champion *Dario García (born 1968), Argentine judoka *Dario Hübner (born 1967), Italian footballer *Dario Lari (born 1979), Italian rower * Darío Lecman (born 1971), Argentine weightlifter *Dario Kordić (born 1960), Bosnian Croat politician, military commander and convicted war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Califano
Franco Califano (14 September 1938 – 30 March 2013) was an Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor. During his career he sold about 20 million records. Life and career Born in an airplane above Tripoli, Libya, Califano lived most of his life in Rome (in whose dialect he usually sang) and Milan. In the 1960s he began his career in music as a lyricist and a record producer; among his first successes as author "", "", "". He was arrested in 1970 and again 1984 for possession of drugs; in both cases, Califano was acquitted with the formula "because the fact does not exist". In 1976 Califano got his first and main success as a singer with the song "", included in his eponymous fourth album, for which the critics paired him to the traditional French . During these years he continued his activity as lyricist signing, among others, the Sanremo Music Festival 1973 winner "" (performed by Peppino di Capri) and the Mia Martini's classic ""; he also composed a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma Ostiense Railway Station
Roma Ostiense is a railway station in Piazza dei Partigiani serving the Ostiense district of Rome, Italy, a short distance from the Porta San Paolo. It is run by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana arm of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane group and the urban rail lines FR1, FR3, and FR5 run through the station. It is linked with the Piramide Metro B station and the Roma Porta San Paolo station on the Rome-Lido railway line. History To commemorate the forthcoming visit of Adolf Hitler to Rome in 1938, the current Ostiense station was built, replacing an existing rural railway station, with the aim of creating a monumental station to receive the German dictator. A new road was also built to connect the station with Porta San Paolo - this was initially named Via A. Hitler but, after World War II, it became Viale delle Cave Ardeatine, as a way of commemorating the victims of Nazi occupation. Hitler's visit to Rome is cinematically recreated in director Ettore Scola's film '' Una g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line B (Rome Metro)
Line B is a metro line serving Rome, Italy, and part of the Rome Metro. Despite its name, Line B was the first line to be built in the city. It crosses Rome diagonally from north-east, starting at Rebibbia and at Jonio stations, to south, terminating at Laurentina, in the EUR district. It crosses Line A at Termini station. The line has 26 stations and is shown in blue on Metro maps. Overview Its first service runs at 05:30 and its last at 23:30. From 18 January 2008, the last Friday and Saturday service runs at 1:30. It carries 345,000 passengers a day and runs 377 trains a day, with a peak time frequency of one train every 3 minutes in the shared section and 4,5 minutes in the branches. Every 6 minutes at other times, at a maximum frequency of 9 minutes at the most off-peak times. History Despite its name, Line B was the first metro line in Rome. The line was planned during the 1930s by the Fascist government in search of a rapid connection between the main train station, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome Metro
The Rome Metro ( it, Metropolitana di Roma) is a rapid transit system that operates in Rome, Italy. It started operation in 1955, making it the oldest in the country. The Metro comprises three lines – A (orange), B (blue) and C (green) – which operate on of route, serving 73 stations.Counting Termini, the interchange station between Lines A and B, and San Giovanni, the interchange station between Lines A and C, only once. The original lines in the system, lines A and B, form an X shape with the lines intersecting at '' Termini'' station, the main train station in Rome. Line B splits at the ''Bologna'' station into two branches. The third line opened in 2014 and connects to the rest of the system through an interchange with Line A at '' San Giovanni''. Rome's local transport provider, ATAC, operates the Metro and several other rail services: the Roma–Giardinetti line and the Roma–Nord line. The Roma–Lido, which connects Rome to Ostia, on the sea, used to be ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piramide (Rome Metro)
Piramide is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is sited on Piazzale Ostiense (across which is the Pyramid of Cestius that gives the station its name) just outside Porta San Paolo, in the Ostiense quarter. Its atrium houses mosaics that have won the Artemetro Roma by Enrico Castellani (Italy) and Beverly Pepper (United States). The station has escalators. Connections Alongside the Metro station is the Porta San Paolo station on the Ferrovia Roma-Lido. The Stazione Ostiense is connected to the metro station via an underpass - from here run the FR1, FR3 and FR5 mainline services. Surroundings *Acea * Stazione di Roma Ostiense *via Marmorata post office Direction of traffic *Via Marmorata (towards Ponte Sublicio and Trastevere) *Viale Aventino (towards il Circo Massimo) *Via Marco Polo (towards via Cristoforo Colombo-EUR and via Cilicia- Appio Latino) *Via Ostiense (towards the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura) Rioni and q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma Porta San Paolo Railway Station
Roma Porta San Paolo is the terminal train station of the Rome–Lido railway line in Rome (Italy). The station is connected to the station '' Piramide'' of the metro ( line B) and to the Roma Ostiense railway station of the ''Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane''. It has six tracks. The edifice houses the ticket office and service structures, as well as a news-stand and a coffee shop. It also includes the Porta San Paolo Railway Museum. History The building of the station was started, together with the one of the railway, at the beginning of 1919, after the inauguration ceremony of December 30, 1918 in the presence of King Victor Emmanuel III. The station was designed by Marcello Piacentini. A quite similar one was the Ostia Nuova terminal train station, whose foundation stone was laid on December 10, 1920, also in the presence of the King, and that was destroyed during the war. The graffiti decorating the interior of the station are works by the Florentine artist Giulio Rosso. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome–Lido Railway
The Roma–Lido railway is an urban railway line connecting the Porta San Paolo Station in Rome to Lido di Ostia, Rome's seaside neighborhood. The railway is long, stops at 13 stations and carries on average over 90,000 passengers per day. History A link between Rome and Ostia was necessary since the end of the nineteenth century, when the population of the coastal area began to rise dramatically. The first project for a railway that connected Rome to its sea was proposed by Engineer Felipe Costa in 1868 and was accepted by the Papal State, which at the time ruled the whole area. For the financing of the project, 9 million pounds, at the time, had been raised by Roman nobles who had the intention of creating a private group. In 1870, with the fall of the Papal States, the project was abandoned. Later, a tram line that would connect the small city was discussed, but it was determined that it would be of no use. Between 1900 and the outbreak of the First World War there were m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans of Italy. Geography The sea is bounded by the islands of Corsica and Sardinia (to the west), the Italian Peninsula (regions of Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, and Calabria) to the north and east, and the island of Sicily (to the south). The Tyrrhenian Sea also includes a number of smaller islands like Capri, Elba, Ischia, and Ustica. The maximum depth of the sea is . The Tyrrhenian Sea is situated near where the African and Eurasian Plates meet; therefore mountain chains and active volcanoes such as Mount Marsili are found in its depths. The eight Aeolian Islands and Ustica are located in the southern part of the sea, north of Sicily. Extent The International Hydrographic Organization define ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Municipio
The city of Rome, Italy is divided into first-level administrative subdivisions. There are 15 ''municipi'' (singular: ''municipio'') in the city; each ''municipio'' is governed by a president and a council who are elected directly by its residents every five years. The ''municipi'' collectively comprise the comune of Rome, which is itself one of the constituent parts of the wider metropolitan city of Rome Capital. History On 31 March 1966, for administrative purposes and to increase decentralization, the territory of the '' comune'' of Rome was divided into 12 administrative areas, called ''circoscrizioni'' (singular: ''circoscrizione''). On 11 February 1972 those areas were increased to 20. On 6 March 1992, after the referendum that ratified the separation of the then ''Circoscrizione XIV'' from Rome and the birth of the new independent ''comune'' of Fiumicino, the number of administrative areas of Rome decreased to 19. On 19 January 2001, ''circoscrizioni'' which were r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgo (rione Of Rome)
Borgo (sometimes called also I Borghi) is the 14th ''Rioni of Rome, rione'' of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIV and is included within Municipio I. Its coat of arms shows a lion (after the name "Leonine City", which was also given to the district), lying in front of three mounts and a star. These – together with a Heraldry, lion rampant – are also part of the coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V, who annexed Borgo as the 14th rione of Rome. History Roman Age: ''Ager Vaticanus'' During the Roman age, the Borgo district was part of the 14th 14 regions of the Augustan Rome, Regio (Regio XIV Transtiberim) and was named ''Ager Vaticanus'', after the auguries (''vaticinii'') performed there by the Etruscan civilisation, Etruscan ''Augurs''. Since it lay outside the Pomerium (the religious city border inside which burial was forbidden) and was plagued by malaria, this territory was used as a burial place. Some tombs reached notable proportions, including the ''Terebinth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
