Forte Boccea is one of the
15 forts of Rome, built in the period between 1877 and 1891 as a part of the "entrenched field of Rome".
It is located in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
(
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
), in the
Suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
S. IX
Aurelio, within the
Municipio XIII.
History
The fort was built starting from 1877 and completed in 1881, on an area of , at the first km of Via di Boccea, from which it takes its name.
It was used as a military remand prison until 2005; in 2013 a resolution was approved, establishing its conversion into a park for cultural initiatives.
[See Paolo Boccacci on '']la Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo ...
'' - September 26, 2013. General
Mario Carloni was a prisoner there from 1946 to 19 May 1951.
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* {{Cite web, url=http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/09/26/news/forte_boccea_dal_demanio_al_comune_diventer_un_parco_per_i_romani-67281656/, title=Forte Boccea dal Demanio al Comune - "Diventerà un parco per i romani", author=Paolo Boccacci, date=26 September 2013, website=la Repubblica ROMA.it
Forts in Italy