EUR Magliana is a railway station in Rome served by the Metro line B and the Ferrovia Roma-Lido in the EUR or Europa district of

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. It was opened in 1924 as a Roma-Lido station for the

Esposizione Universale Roma EUR is a residential and business district in Rome, Italy, part of the Municipio IX. The area was originally chosen in the 1930s as the site for the 1942 World's Fair which Benito Mussolini planned to open to celebrate twenty years of Fascism, ...

as Magliana (akin to the other stations opened at that time ''Torrino'', ''Risaro'', ''Acilia'', ''Ostia Scavi'' and ''Marina di Ostia''). It was later renamed Magliana Ostiense, then Magliana again and finally its present name. The building has been repeatedly rebuilt. Its atrium is decorated by mosaics that have won the Artemetro Roma prize by Antonio Passa (

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) and Tamás Lossonczy (

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). Next to it is a railway depot for both lines.

Surroundings

* "Tre Fontane" sports complex of the

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(CONI) * Abbazia delle Tre fontane *

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro, or in everyday speech as the ("Square Colosseum"), is a building in the EUR district in Rome. It was designed in 1938 by three Italian architects: Giovanni ...

(Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro o Colosseo Quadrato) by Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and

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Palazzo dei Congressi Palazzo dei Congressi ''(formally: Palazzo dei Ricevimenti e dei Congressi)'' is a building located in the EUR district of Rome, Italy. The palazzo was designed by Adalberto Libera for the 1942 Universal Exposition. Construction started in 1938 ...

* Basilica parrocchiale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo * Museo della Civiltà Romana * Obelisco Marconi

External links

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Railway stations opened in 1924 Rome Metro Line B stations Rome Metro stations located above ground 1924 establishments in Italy Rome Q. XXXII Europa {{Rome-metro-stub