Basilica San Paolo is a station on the Line B of the

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) � ...

. It was opened in 1955 and is located at the intersection between Viale Giustiniano Imperatore and Via Gaspare Gozzi, behind the

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( it, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as Saint Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the ...

(after which it is named) in the

Ostiense Ostiense is the 10th ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. X. The toponym comes from the original name of the Porta San Paolo, a gate in the city walls of Rome, was , because it was located at the beginning of Via Ostiense. It no ...

quarter. It is also one of three Metro stations also served by the Rome-Lido railway line. Before reaching the station the line, in the Porta San Paolo direction, runs through a 230m gorge excavated in the 1920s from the "Roccia di San Paolo" to avoid interfering with the landscape, rather than the original plan which ran the line around the "roccia" but ran it right alongside the basilica.

Surroundings

*Parco

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* University of Rome III * Vasca Navale *Ospedale CTO Andrea Alesini

Streets

* via delle Sette Chiese * Lungotevere di San Paolo * Ponte Marconi

Sports venues

* former Cinodromo * Stadio degli eucalipti

Gallery

Image:Metro roma san paolo esterno.jpg, One of the entrances Image:Roma San Paolo fuori le mura BW 1.JPG, Basilica San Paolo

External links

*http://www.atac.roma.it/index.asp?p=1&i=56&o=0&a=4&tpg=9&NUM=FU02A&st=90152 Rome Metro Line B stations Railway stations opened in 1955 1955 establishments in Italy Rome Q. X Ostiense Railway stations in Italy opened in the 20th century {{Rome-metro-stub