Flaminio–Piazza del Popolo is an underground station on
Line A 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) †...
, inaugurated in 1980. The station is situated on the large
Piazzale Flaminio
Piazzale Flaminio is a square in Rome (Italy) and the starting point of the Via Flaminia.
It divides the Flaminio (Rome), Flaminio and the Pinciano quarters.
Description
The square extends just outside the Aurelian Walls. Porta del Popolo, on i ...
, in the
Flaminio quarter outside the
Aurelian Walls, next to
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language, Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the Populus, poplars (''populus'' in Latin language, Latin, ''pioppo'' in Italian) ...
, and is near the
Campus Martius
The Campus Martius (Latin for the "Field of Mars", Italian ''Campo Marzio'') was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about in extent. In the Middle Ages, it was the most populous area of Rome. The IV rione of Rome, Campo Marzio, which cove ...
.
A tram (line 2) connects the Piazzale Flaminio to the
Stadio Flaminio, the Auditorium at the
Parco della Musica
Parco della Musica is a public music complex in Rome, Italy, with three concert halls and an outdoor theater in a park setting. It was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. Jürgen Reinhold of Müller-BBM was in charge of acoustics for the h ...
, the Palazzetto of the Sport and the
Stadio Olimpico.
The entrance hall of the station accommodates some mosaics of the Rome Artemetro Prize, created by Paul D' Orazio and Lee Doo Shik.
Flaminio is also the Rome terminus of the
Rome–Civitacastellana–Viterbo railway, on which suburban services run through the Rome outskirts to
Viterbo
Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo.
It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history ...
.
Services
This station has:
* Escalators (underground)
* Ticket office (mainline)
Connecting Services
*
Line A
*
Roma-Viterbo
Located Nearby
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Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese or Villa Borghese Pinciana ('Borghese family{{!Borghese villa on the Pincian Hill') is the villa built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio (and, after his death, finished by his assistant Giovanni Vasanzio), developing sketches by Scip ...
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Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language, Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the Populus, poplars (''populus'' in Latin language, Latin, ''pioppo'' in Italian) ...
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Porta del Popolo
The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio.
History
The previous name was ''Porta Flaminia'', because the consular Via Flaminia ...
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Santa Maria del Popolo it, Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo
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, caption = The church from Piazza del Popolo
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Pincio
The Pincian Hill (; it, Pincio ; la, Mons Pincius) is a hill in the northeast quadrant of the historical centre of Rome. The hill lies to the north of the Quirinal Hill, Quirinal, overlooking the Campus Martius. It was outside the original bo ...
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Via del Corso
The Via del Corso is a main street in the historical centre of Rome. It is straight in an area otherwise characterized by narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas. Considered a wide street in ancient times, the Corso is approximately 10 metres w ...
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Via del Babuino
Via del Babuino is a street in the historic centre of Rome (Italy), located in the rione Campo Marzio. It connects Piazza del Popolo to Piazza di Spagna and is part of the complex of streets known as Tridente.
History
The origins of Via del Bab ...
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Via Margutta
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Via di Ripetta
Via di Ripetta, also called Via Ripetta, is a street in the historic centre of Rome (Italy), in the rione Campo Marzio, that links Piazza del Popolo to Via del Clementino and, with other toponyms (Via della Scrofa, Via della Dogana Vecchia), re ...
External links
Flaminio underground station on the Rome public transport site (in Italian)Flaminio mainline station on the Rome public transport site (in Italian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flaminio - Piazza del Popolo (Rome Metro)
Rome Metro Line A stations
Rome Metro stations located underground
Railway stations opened in 1980
1980 establishments in Italy
Rome Q. I Flaminio
Rome Q. III Pinciano