Centocelle Airport
Centocelle Airport was an airport situated in Centocelle, a quarter of Rome in Italy. It is also referred to as Rome-Centocelle Airport. It was the first airport and flight school in Italy, opened on 15 April 1909 when Wilbur Wright came to give a demonstration of his "Flyer" airplane, footage of which appears in the early newsreel film, Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “LIRC”
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle and Centocelle railway station.
San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle
Church
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The Church of Saint Felix of Cantalice at Centocelle is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome located in the Centocelle quarter, built as a parish church by decree of Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Vicar General of Rome.
Centocelle railway station
Railway stop
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Centocelle railway station is a railway stop.
Parco di Centocelle
Railway stop
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Parco di Centocelle is an underground station of Line C of the Rome Metro. It is located near the intersection between the Via Casilina and Via Palmiro Togliatti.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centocelle and Tor Pignattara.
Tor Pignattara
Quarter
Tor Pignattara is a district of Rome, Italy. It is located in Municipio V with an area of 2.27 km2. It has a population of 47,029. The name Tor Pignattara comes from the Mausoleum of Elena, who was the mother of Constantine.
Tor Tre Teste
Neighborhood
Tor Tre Teste is a district of Rome, Italy, outside the Aurelian Walls. It is located in Municipio V along Via Praenestina. It has a population of 12,176.
Centocelle Airport
- Categories: airport, air base, and transportation
- Location: Municipio Roma VII, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Centocelle Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Centocelle Airport”
- Dutch: “Centocelle Airport”
- Estonian: “Rooma Centocelle lennujaam”
- French: “aéroport de Rome-Centocelle”
- French: “Aéroport de Rome-Centocelle”
- German: “Flughafen Centocelle”
- German: “Flughafen Rom-Centocelle”
- German: “Flugplatz Centocelle”
- German: “Flugplatz Rom-Centocelle”
- German: “Militärflugplatz Rom-Centocelle”
- Hungarian: “Rom-Centocelle katonai repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “LIRC”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Centocelle”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Roma-Centocelle”
- Italian: “LIRC”
- Japanese: “チェントチェッレ空港”
- Persian: “فرودگاه سنتوسل”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Centocelle”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи снтусл”
- Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Ченточелле”
- Ukrainian: “Ченточелле”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Centocelle”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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