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Colosseo (Rome Metro)

Coordinates: 41°53′29″N 12°29′29″E / 41.89139°N 12.49139°E / 41.89139; 12.49139
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Colosseo
The main entrance to the station on the Piazza Del Colosseo. Exiting here, passengers immediately see the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine in front of them
General information
Owned byATAC
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Website41°53′29″N 12°29′29″E / 41.89139°N 12.49139°E / 41.89139; 12.49139
History
Opened10 February 1955; 69 years ago (1955-02-10)
Services
Preceding station The Logo of Metro Systems used throughout Italy. Rome Metro Following station
Circo Massimo
towards Laurentina
Line B Cavour
towards Rebibbia or Jonio
Location
Map
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Rebibbia
P.Mammolo
S.M.Soccorso
Jonio
Pietralata
Conca d'Oro
M.Tiburtini
FL1 Libia
Quintiliani
S. Agnese - Annibaliano
Tiburtina
FL1 FL2 FL3
Bologna
3 19
Policlinico
Castro Pretorio
5 14 RM-Giard.
FL4 FL5 FL6
Termini A
FL7 FL8
LE-FCO
Cavour
3
Colosseo
3
Circo Massimo
FL1 FL3 FL5
Piramide
3 RM-Lido
Garbatella
RM-Lido
Basilica San Paolo
Marconi
RM-Lido
EUR Magliana
EUR Palasport
EUR Fermi
720-CIA
Laurentina
The Colosseum and the ongoing works for the future metro station of line C. The opening of the station is expected in 2025, in conjunction with the 2025 Jubilee.[1]

Colosseo is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is located, as its name suggests, in the Monti rione on via del Colosseo near the Colosseum. The station is currently being expanded to be the new northern terminus of Metro's Line C.[2]

Its atrium houses mosaics from the Artemetro Roma Prize. They are by Pietro Dorazio (Italy), Kenneth Noland (United States) and Emil Schumacher (Germany).[3][4] The main exit is on the lower level, in front of the Colosseum on the Piazza Del Colosseo and to the right of the Arch of Constantine, whilst the other exit is a second story one, located in the middle of the Largo Gaetana Agnesi park above the Piazza.

History

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The station was designed within the first section between the Termini and Laurentina stations to offer a rapid connection between the city center and the newly created EUR district, designated as the site of the 1942 Universal Exhibition, canceled after the outbreak of the World War II. With Italy's entry into the war in 1940 the works were suspended and only resumed in 1948. The stop was inaugurated in conjunction with the first section of the future line B on 9 February 1955, being opened to the public the following day.[5]

View of Via dei Fori Imperiali and the works on Line C of the metro.

Construction work on the Colosseo interchange station with metro line C began in April 2013, with completion of the station expected in 2025. Announced by the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, the Transport councilor of Rome Eugenio Patanè and the Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini.[6]

Surroundings

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Churches

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Forums

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Campidoglio

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Other Buildings

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Connections

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Bus Connections

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The station is served by lines 51, 75, 85, 87, 117, 118, of the ATAC Bus Network. At night, the station is served by lines nMB of bus network.[7]

Tram Connections

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The Colosseum is also connected by tram line 3 of the Rome tramway network. The tram stop is not immediately located in front of the metro station, it is located on the left side of Piazza del Colosseo.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Metro C, per il Giubileo aperte Porta Metronia e Colosseo" (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  2. ^ "Metro C, niente museo alla stazione Colosseo" [Metro C: No museum at the Colosseum Station]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Mosaic Colosseo » Mosaic wall in the Stazione Colosseo, 1996". Emil Schumacher Museum. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. ^ [1] Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "The Construction of Metro Stations & Shafts through Ancient Rome". engineeringrome.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Rome to open Metro C station at Colosseum in 2025". wantedinrome. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  7. ^ "Getting To The Colosseum". colosseum.info. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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