Cecchignola
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

EUR, Rome

EUR is a residential and business district in Rome, Italy located south of the city centre. The area was originally chosen in 1930s as the site for the 1942 world's fair which Benito Mussolini planned to open to celebrate twenty years of Fascism; the letters EUR standing for Esposizione Universale Roma. The project was originally called E42 after the year in which the exhibition was planned to be held.

Located at 41.836, 12.466 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Modernist architecture in Italy, Central business districts, Italian fascist architecture

Sack of Rome (1527)

The Sack of Rome on 6 May 1527 was a military event carried out by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in Rome, then part of the Papal States. It marked a crucial imperial victory in the conflict between Charles and the League of Cognac (1526–1529) — the alliance of France, Milan, Venice, Florence and the Papacy. Pope Clement VII had given his support to the Kingdom of France in an attempt to alter the balance of power in the region, and free the Papacy from dependency, i.e.

Located at 41.8333, 12.5 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1527 in Italy, Battles of the Italian Wars, Battles involving the Papal States, Battles involving the Holy Roman Empire, Battles involving Spain, Conflicts in 1527, Pontifical Swiss Guard

PalaLottomatica

PalaLottomatica, formerly known as Palazzo dello Sport or PalaEUR, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Rome, Italy. It is located in the heart of the well known modern EUR complex. The arena hosted the 1960 Olympic basketball tournaments The stadium features 8 meetings points, a restaurant for 300 people and a 2,700 square metre (3,229 sq. yard) outdoor terrace. It has a seating capacity of 11,200 spectators.

Located at 41.8254, 12.4665 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Indoor arenas in Italy, Sports venues in Rome, Basketball venues in Italy, 1960 Summer Olympic venues, Sports venues completed in 1960, Olympic basketball venues, Olympic boxing venues, Modernist architecture in Italy

Museum of Roman Civilization

The Museum of the Roman Civilization (Italian "Museo della Civiltà Romana") is a museum in Rome, devoted to the aspects of the Ancient Roman civilization.

Located at 41.8319, 12.4781 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Museums in Rome, Museums established in 1955, National museums of Italy, Museums of Ancient Rome, Museums of Dacia, Dacia in art

Tre Fontane Abbey

Tre Fontane Abbey (English: Three Fountains Abbey; Latin: Abbatia trium fontium ad Aquas Salvias), or the Abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, is a Roman Catholic abbey in Rome, currently held by the Trappist Fathers of the Cistercian Order. It is known for raising the lambs whose wool is used to weave the pallia of new metropolitan archbishops. The Pope blesses the lambs on the Feast of Saint Agnes on January 21.

Located at 41.8344, 12.4833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Cistercian monasteries in Italy, Monasteries in Rome

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro or simply the Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum), is an icon of Fascist architecture. It lies in the district of Rome known as the Esposizione Universale Roma (also known as 'E.42' and 'EUR'). It is particularly symbolic of this district, exemplifying its monumentality.

Located at 41.8367, 12.4653 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1930s architecture, 1940s architecture, Italian fascist architecture, Palaces in Rome, Modernist architecture in Italy, Government buildings completed in 1943

NATO Defense College

NATO Defense College (NDC) is an international military college for North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries located in Rome, Italy.

Located at 41.807, 12.491 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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NATO Defence College, Educational institutions established in 1951

San Paolo alle Tre Fontane

San Paolo alle Tre Fontane, in English, St Paul at the Three Fountains is a church dedicated to St Paul the Apostle, at the presumed site of his martyrdom in Rome. In Latin it is known as Sancti Pauli ad Aquas Salvias (St Paul at Aquae Salviae). Since 2010 the church is a cardinalitial diaconia, with Mauro Piacenza as its cardinal deacon.

Located at 41.8345, 12.4832 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1599, Titular churches in Rome

Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography

The Luigi Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography is a public and research museum located in Rome, Italy. Established in 1876 by Luigi Pigorini, it is currently directed by Maria Antonietta Fugazzola. One important collection of the Pigorini houses is Neolithic artifacts from Lake Bracciano. Another is the early ethnographic collection of Athanasius Kircher.

Located at 41.8322, 12.4714 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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National museums of Italy, Archaeological museums in Italy, Ethnographic museums, Museums in Rome, Anthropology museums, Museums established in 1876, 1876 establishments in Italy

Central Archives of the State (Italy)

The Central Archives of the State are the main national archives of Italy. They were created in 1875 under the name of Royal Archives. They took their present name in 1953. They are located in Rome and are put under the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture. However, each of the 103 Italian provinces has its own state archive, keeping the public documents created in that territory and, mainly, the state archives of the Italian historical states.

Located at 41.8286, 12.4767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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National archives, Italian culture, 1875 establishments in Italy

Basilica San Paolo (Rome Metro)

Basilica San Paolo is a station on the Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened in 1955 and is located behind the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (after which it is named) in the Ostiense quarter. It is also one of three Metro stations also served by the Rome-Lido railway line.

Located at 41.8561, 12.4782 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Line B stations, Railway stations opened in 1955

Marconi (Rome Metro)

Marconi is a station on line B of the Rome Metro. It is located at the point where the via Ostiense passes under the viale Guglielmo Marconi, after which it is named. Its exits are located on viale Marconi and via Ostiense. Before it opened, there was a "EUR Marconi" station, now renamed "EUR Palasport".

Located at 41.8494, 12.4756 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Line B stations, Railway stations opened in 1990

EUR Magliana

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

Located at 41.8394, 12.4633 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway stations opened in 1924, Line B stations

EUR Palasport

EUR Palasport is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro, in the EUR district of Rome between viale America and piazza della Stazione Guglielmo Marconi (the piazza being named after the station's old name). It was opened in 1955 as EUR Marconi but renamed to its present name on the opening of the new Marconi station. Beside it is the artificial lake created for the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Located at 41.83, 12.4667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Line B stations, Railway stations opened in 1955

EUR Fermi

EUR Fermi is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. Opened in 1955, it is sited in the EUR between viale America and piazza della Stazione Enrico Fermi. Next to it is the artificial lake created for the 1960 Summer Olympics. The station's atrium houses mosaics which have won the Artemetro Roma prize by Bruno Ceccobelli and Rupprecht Geiger.

Located at 41.8286, 12.4711 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Line B stations, Railway stations opened in 1955

Laurentina (Rome Metro)

Laurentina is the southern terminus of Line B of the Rome Metro. It is located in the Giuliano Dalmata quarter at the crossroads of via Laurentina and via di Vigna Murata. The first station on the site was begun in the 1930s, but only completed and opened in 1955. This was demolished in the 1980s, and the present building opened in 1990. It is also the terminus for several suburban bus routes.

Located at 41.8269, 12.4811 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Railway stations opened in 1955, Railway stations opened in 1990, Line B stations, 1980s disestablishments

Massimiliano Massimo Institute

The Massimiliano Massimo Institute (Istituto Massimiliano Massimo) is a Jesuit school in Rome.

Located at 41.8308, 12.4578 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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High schools in Italy, Schools in Rome, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Italy, Jesuit universities and colleges, Educational institutions established in the 1550s

Stadio Tre Fontane

Stadio Tre Fontane is a sports stadium located in Rome, Italy. It is the home ground of rugby union side Rugby Roma Olimpic, who play in the Super 10 competition. It currently has a capacity of 4,000, although there are plans to redevelop and expand the stadium.

Located at 41.8411, 12.47 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Rugby union stadiums in Italy, Sport in Rome, Sports venues in Italy

Olympic Velodrome, Rome

The Olympic Velodrome was a sports venue located in Rome, Italy. Constructed for the 1960 Summer Olympics, it hosted the track cycling and field hockey events. The velodrome was constructed between 1957 and early 1960. Soon after it was built problems were found, as water was draining away the foundations on one side of the velodrome. Concrete was injected into the foundations, which solved the problem only temporarily.

Located at 41.8266, 12.4569 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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1960 Summer Olympic venues, Defunct sports venues in Italy, Olympic cycling venues, Olympic field hockey venues, Velodromes in Italy, Cycle racing in Italy

Palazzo dei Congressi

Palzzo dei Congressi is a venue located in Rome, Italy. Constructed originally for the 1942 Universial Exposition, but cancelled to World War II, it hosted the fencing and the fencing part of the modern pentathlon events for the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Located at 41.8339, 12.4744 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1960 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic fencing venues, Olympic modern pentathlon venues, Sports venues in Italy

Piscina delle Rose

The Piscina delle Rose (English: Roses Swimming Pool) is a sports venue located in Rome, Italy. It hosted the preliminaries for the water polo events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Located at 41.8308, 12.4625 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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1960 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic water polo venues, Sports venues in Italy, Sport in Rome

Torre Eurosky

Eurosky Tower is a skyscraper in Rome, the tallest building in the city and one of the highest residential towers in Italy. Designed by architect Franco Purini, and located in Torrino, residential area adjacent to the EUR, is inspired by the medieval towers that dot the center of the city, singular architectural presence among which the mighty Torre delle Milizie.

Located at 41.8196, 12.4576 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Skyscrapers in Rome, Skyscrapers between 100 and 149 meters, Residential buildings completed in 2012, Residential skyscrapers

Torre Europarco

Torre Europarco also Europarco Tower is a skyscraper in Rome, Italy. Has 120 meters and 30 floors. Today, it is the tallest building in the city (together with similarly Torre Eurosky). Lies within Europarco Business Park in Torrino, part of Rome's district of XII, not far from EUR.

Located at 41.8172, 12.4561 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Skyscrapers in Rome, Skyscrapers between 100 and 149 meters, Residential buildings completed in 2012, Residential skyscrapers

Palazzo Eni

Palazzo Eni also Palazzo ENI is a skyscraper in Rome, Italy. Has 80 meters and 22 floors. Today, it is the third tallest building in the city, after Torre Eurosky and Torre Europarco. Lies within EUR. Building is headquarters of Eni, Italian multinational oil and gas company.

Located at 41.8272, 12.4717 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Skyscrapers in Rome, Skyscrapers between 50 and 99 meters, Buildings and structures completed in 1962, Headquarters

INAIL Tower

INAIL Tower also Palazzo INAIL; former as Torre Alitalia, Torre IBM is a skyscraper in Rome, Italy. Has 72 metres and 21 floors. Today, it is one of tallest buildings in the city. Lies within EUR. Building is headquarters of National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work. Built in 1965, was a vertical 19-storey building, 72 metres high, as the seat of the national airline - Alitalia, commonly called "Tower Air France" or "Alitalia Skyscraper".

Located at 41.8306, 12.4749 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Skyscrapers in Rome, Skyscrapers between 50 and 99 meters, Buildings and structures completed in 1965, Headquarters