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Our tour, which is completely in the eastern part of Ostia, can start from viale Paolo Orlando and Viale della Vittoria. On both sides of the overpass, which passes over the railway, are two twin buildings designed by Adalberto Libera between 1933 and 1937. Right in front of them is a very high water tank, [...]
This route extends from the centre towards the western part of the city. It starts from the Post Office with its peculiar shape which wants to link two important parts of Ostia: the building is on a corner lot between via del Mare and corso Duca di Genova, which is the first parallel road to [...]
This route includes the historic centre of Ostia. It starts from the square in front of the church of Santa Maria Regina Pacis, which is the symbol of the New Ostia risen back to life, since its foundation. Going down the wide stairs in front of the church you arrive in Corso Regina Maria Pia. [...]
The National Archaeological park is between Ostia and Ostia Antica (by train from both Ostia Lido and Rome city centre, Roma-Lido railway, stop at Ostia Antica station) and it is accessible by car using via del Mare or via dei Romagnoli. After Julius II’s castle, direction Ostia, on the right, n. 707 is the entrance. [...]
In front of the castle is St. Aurea’s cathedral. It was restored by Bellator, bishop in Ostia in 495 and by Pope Sergio I, in the 6 th century, when the roof was built. Inside, near the apse in 1950, a little marble column was found, dating back to the 5 th century which was [...]
Ostia Antica, as the name suggests, is a village preceding the foundation of Ostia Lido (the seaside district of Rome) and is located at Km 21,500 of the via del Mare, about 5 Km from the coast. Ostia Antica is easily reachable from Ostia Lido by bus (ATAC line 04), or from Rome city centre [...]
In 1958 Vasari, writing about the Life of Baldassarre Peruzzi, mentiones a cycle of frescoes representing scenes of melee combats "the way the Romans used to fight"; the artworks are not in the castle (Rocca di Giulio II), but on the walls of the main reception room of Ostia Antica’s bishop’s palace. It is named [...]
Past the bridge over the Canale dello Stagno (or Canale dei Pescatori, Fishermen’s canal) along via di Castelfusano, after about 200 meters from the bridge, turn left to enter a trail that leads to Villa Sacchetti, today known as Villa Chigi. Of the Castrum Fusani (the citadel of Fusano) mentioned by the fonts of the XIII century, […]
Leaving Ostia Antica, heading South, past the crossroad between via del Mare and via Ostiense, you take via di Castel Fusano. Immediately after the railway bridge, on the right, next to the cemetery, is the little church of St. Ercolano. In the Acta Sanctorum you find the date of the martyrdom of Ercolano and Taurino, [...]
From the square infront of Villa Sacchetti, immediately before reaching the gate, turn right along the fence; the via Severiana, is right there (recognizable by the typical roman road paving) entering in the pine forest. The ancient road reaches after about 2 Km (it is necessary to cross via Cristoforo Colombo, though) the remainings of Villa della [...]
