Ostiense
Ostiense is the 10th quartiere of Rome, identified by the initials Q. X. The toponym comes from 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 Ostiense.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 58,300 residents
- Description: 10th quarter of Rome, Italy
- Neighbors: Aventino-Testaccio
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyramid of Caius Cestius and San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo.
Pyramid of Caius Cestius
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It was built in the style of the Nubian pyramids as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation.
San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
Church
Photo: Lalupa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church on the southern edge of Rome, dedicated to Saint Benedict of Nursia.
Aventine Hill
Peak
Photo: Fiat 500e, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aventine Hill is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the modern twelfth rione, or ward, of Rome.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aventino-Testaccio and Garbatella.
Aventino-Testaccio
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of Rome. Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.
Garbatella
Quarter
Photo: Torvindus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII of Rome comune, Italy, in the Ostiense quarter of Rome. Its population counts nearly 45,000.
Trastevere
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Trastevere is a district in Rome. The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today Trastevere is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.
Ostiense
- Category: quartiere of Rome
- Location: Municipio Roma VIII, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Ostiense” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “奥斯蒂恩塞”
- Dutch: “Ostiense”
- French: “Ostiense”
- French: “Quartiere Ostiense”
- German: “Ostiense”
- German: “Quartiere Ostiense”
- Italian: “Ostiense”
- Japanese: “オスティエンセ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Quartiere Ostiense”
- Norwegian: “Quartiere Ostiense”
- Polish: “Ostiense”
- Portuguese: “Ostiense (quartiere)”
- Portuguese: “Ostiense”
- Swedish: “Ostiense”
- Turkish: “Ostiense”
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Localities in the Area
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