Ostiense
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Aventine Hill

The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the twelfth rione, or ward, of Rome.

Located at 41.8833, 12.4833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Seven hills of Rome

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

The Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as St Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four ancient major basilicas or papal basilicas: the basilicas of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Peter's and Saint Paul Outside the Walls. James Michael Harvey was named archpriest of the basilica in 2012.

Located at 41.8586, 12.4772 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1823, Patriarchal basilicas, Properties of the Holy See, Roman Catholic churches in Rome, World Heritage Sites in Italy, 4th-century church buildings

San Saba, Rome

San Saba is an ancient basilica church in Rome, Italy. It lies on the so-called Piccolo Aventino, which is an area close to the ancient Aurelian Walls next to the Aventine and Caelian Hill. The current Cardinal Deacon of the Titulus S. Sabae is Jorge Medina Estévez. The titulus was established in 1959.

Located at 41.8786, 12.4855 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 10th-century church buildings

Premonstratensian

The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, or in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), are a Roman Catholic religious order of canons regular founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg. Premonstratensians are designated by O. Praem (Ordo Praemonstratensis) following their name.

Located at 41.8789, 12.4887 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Premonstratensian Order, 1120 establishments, Religious organizations established in the 1120s, Christian religious orders established in the 12th century

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

The Protestant Cemetery now officially called the Cimitero acattolico ("Non-Catholic Cemetery") and often referred to as the Cimitero degli Inglesi ("Englishmen's Cemetery") is a cemetery in Rome, located near Porta San Paolo alongside the Pyramid of Cestius, a small-scale Egyptian-style pyramid built in 30 BC as a tomb and later incorporated into the section of the Aurelian Walls that borders the cemetery.

Located at 41.8764, 12.4799 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cemeteries and tombs in Rome, Anglican cemeteries, Lutheran cemeteries, Protestant Reformed cemeteries, Protestantism

Pyramid of Cestius

The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands at a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the approximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.

Located at 41.8764, 12.4808 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1st-century BC architecture, Ancient Roman tombs and cemeteries in Rome, European pyramids, Latin inscriptions, Visitor attractions in Rome

Monte Testaccio

Monte Testaccio (alternatively spelled Monte Testaceo; also known as Monte dei cocci) is an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of testae, fragments of broken amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire, some of which were labelled with tituli picti.

Located at 41.876, 12.4757 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome, Economy of ancient Rome, Hills of Rome, Roman sites in Lazio, Ancient Roman pottery

Roma Tre University

Roma Tre University (Italian: Università degli Studi Roma Tre) is an Italian public research university located in Rome, Italy, with its main campus situated in the Ostiense quarter. Founded in 1992 by the Ministry of Public Education, under the request of several professors of the Sapienza University of Rome, it was the third public university to be established in the metropolitan area of Rome.

Located at 41.8625, 12.4789 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Education in Rome, Universities in Italy, Universities and colleges in Rome, Educational institutions established in 1992

Church of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino, Rome

The chiesa di Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino is a church in Rome. It is in the Cavalieri di Malta square, in the rione Ripa. The attached abbey is called Badia Primaziale (Primatial Abbey) of the order of Saint Benedict since it is the residence of the order's senior abbot, the Abbot Primate.

Located at 41.8821, 12.4779 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Benedictine Confederation, Seminaries and theological colleges in Italy, Roman Catholic churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1896, 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings

San Saba (rione of Rome)

San Saba is the XXI rione of Rome. It was named after the Basilica of San Saba, which lies there.

Located at 41.879, 12.4863 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rioni of Rome

Testaccio

Testaccio is the 20th rione of Rome, deriving its name from Monte Testaccio. In antiquity, much of the Tiber River trade took place here, and the remains of broken clay vessels were stacked creating the artificial Testaccio hill, which today is a source of much archeological evidence as to the history of ancient everyday Roman life. The rione seal depicts one of these amphorae. In modern times, the area has been a center of activity for butchers.

Located at 41.8761, 12.475 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rioni of Rome

Piazza Albania

Piazza Albania is a square in Rome, Italy. The squares name was before Piazza Raudusculana but got its present name 4 July 1940 and was named after the country Albania - at the time recently invaded and conquered at the command of Benito Mussolini. The name survived its Fascist antecedents and remains up to the present.

Located at 41.8803, 12.4836 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Piazzas in Rome, Albania–Italy relations

Santa Prisca

Santa Prisca is a basilica church in Rome, devoted to Saint Prisca, a 1st century martyr, on the Aventine hill. It was built in the 4th or 5th century over a temple of Mithras, and is recorded as the Titulus Priscae in the acts of the 499 synod. Damaged in the Norman Sack of Rome, the church was restored several times. The current aspect is due to the 1660 restoration, which included a new facade by Carlo Lombardi. In the interior, the columns are the only visible remains of the ancient church.

Located at 41.883, 12.4838 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome, Mithraea, 5th-century church buildings

Angel of Grief

Angel of Grief is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story which serves as the grave stone of the artist and his wife at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome. http://www. findagrave. com/cgi-bin/fg. cgi?page=gr&GRid=18029441& http://www. findagrave. com/cgi-bin/fg. cgi?page=gr&GRid=11357141& The term is now used to describe multiple grave stones throughout the world erected in the style of the Story stone.

Located at 41.8761, 12.4795 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1894 sculptures, Cemetery art, Grief, Death in art, Stanford University places, Sculptures in the United States

Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino

Sant' Anselmo all'Aventino is a church, monastery and college on the Aventine Hill in Rome, dedicated to Saint Anselm. They were designed by Hildebrand de Hemptinne and Fidelis von Stotzingen, and built in 1900. The International College of Sant' Anselmo is located here, as is the seat of the Abbot Primate of the Federation of 'Black Monks' (which includes all monks under the Rule of St Benedict except the Cistercians and the Trappists).

Located at 41.8819, 12.4778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1900, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Horrea Galbae

The Horrea Galbae were warehouses in the southern part of ancient Rome, located between the southern end of the Aventine Hill and the waste dump of Monte Testaccio. They ran for a substantial distance, possibly extending as far as the Porta Ostensis in the east and the Porticus Aemilia on the banks of the Tiber. The horrea were probably built on the site of a suburban villa owned by the Sulpicii Galbae, a distinguished noble family of whom the 1st century AD Roman Emperor Galba was a member.

Located at 41.8794, 12.4753 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1st-century BC architecture, Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome, Ancient Roman pottery

Piramide (Rome Metro)

Piramide is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is sited on Piazzale Ostiense (across which is the Pyramid of Cestius that gives the station its name) just outside Porta San Paolo, in the Ostiense quarter. Its atrium houses mosaics that have won the Artemetro Roma by Enrico Castellani and Beverly Pepper. The station has escalators.

Located at 41.8756, 12.4822 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Line B stations, Railway stations opened in 1955

Roma Ostiense railway station

Roma Ostiense is a railway station in Piazza dei Partigiani serving the Ostiense district of Rome, Italy, a short distance from the Porta San Paolo. It is run by the Centostazioni arm of the Ferrovie dello Stato group and the urban rail lines FR1, FR3, and FR5 run through the station. It is linked with the Piramide Metro B station and the Roma Porta San Paolo station on the Rome-Lido railway line.

Located at 41.8728, 12.4847 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway stations in Rome, Railway stations opened in 1940

Garbatella (Rome Metro)

Garbatella is a station on the Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened in 1990 and is located behind the former Mercati Generali di Roma, on the via Ostiense in the Ostiense quarter. It replaces the old Garbatella station 200m away, whose entrance was on Piazza Giancarlo Vallauri (the present one is accessed from Via Giacinto Pullino).

Located at 41.8667, 12.4833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Line B stations, Railway stations opened in 1990

Baths of Licinius Sura

The Baths of Licinius Sura were an ancient Roman bath complex built by Lucius Licinius Sura on the Aventine Hill in Rome. It was restored during the short reign of Gordian III. The baths were damaged during the 410 sack of Rome by Alaric I, and again restored in 414. The baths probably served a more affluent community than the Baths of Caracalla, but were smaller and probably more elegant.

Located at 41.883, 12.4831 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ancient Roman baths in Rome

Roma Porta San Paolo railway station

Roma Porta San Paolo is a station in Rome, Italy, on the Rome-Lido railway line, with interchange to Piramide and Roma Ostiense (mainline) stations. It is named after the nearby Porta San Paolo, has six platforms and also houses a railway museum, the Museo ferroviario di Porta San Paolo.

Located at 41.876, 12.4818 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway stations in Rome, Railway stations opened in 1924

Campo Testaccio

Campo Testaccio was a multi-use stadium in Rome, Italy. It was initially used as the stadium of A.S. Roma matches. It was replaced by Stadio Nazionale PNF in 1940. The capacity of the stadium was 20,000 spectators.

Located at 41.8766, 12.478 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Defunct football venues in Italy, A.S. Roma

Temple of Diana (Rome)

The Temple of Diana in ancient Rome was a Roman temple which, according to the early semi-legendary history of Rome, was built in the 6th century BC during the reign of the king Servius Tullius. According to Livy, word had come to Rome of the new and glorious temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and it was told that the temple had been constructed through the combined effort of the cities of Asia Minor.

Located at 41.8828, 12.4832 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Temples in Rome

Ostiense

Ostiense is a quarter in the south metropolitan area of Rome, Italy. It comprises the area near the Via Ostiensis from the Porta San Paolo to the Magliana Viaduct. Its official boundaries include the neighborhood of Garbatella and the EUR Quarter. The original name of the Porta San Paolo, a gate in the city walls of Rome, was Porta Ostiensis because it was located at the beginning of Via Ostiensis. It now houses the Ostiense Museum.

Located at 41.8637, 12.4789 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Districts of Rome

Garbatella

Garbatella is a quarter belonging to the Municipio XI of the commune of Rome, in the Ostiense district. Its population counts nearly 45,000. It was founded in the late 1920s on an estate bearing the same name lying on a hill adjacent to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. The older section of the area is divided into project units, each of them made of several buildings grouped together around a common yards: this design was borrowed from the Garden city movement.

Located at 41.8605, 12.4882 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Districts of Rome