Colosseo

Colosseo is a station on Line B and on Line C of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is located, as its name suggests, in the rione on Piazza del Colosseo near the .
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Rome Metro station
  • Also known as: Colosseo – Fori Imperiali
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arch of Constantine and Arch of Titus.

The is a triumphal arch in dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in AD 312. is situated 180 metres south of Colosseo.

Photo: Jebulon, CC0.
The is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, , just to the south-east of the . It was constructed in c. is situated 240 metres west of Colosseo.

Ruins
Photo: Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Public domain.
The Colossus of Nero was a 30-metre bronze statue that the Emperor Nero created in the vestibule of his , the imperial villa complex which spanned a large area from the north side of the , across the Velian ridge to the in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colosseo and Palatine Hill.

The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Locality
The , which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in . Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.

Colosseo

Latitude
41.89127° or 41° 53′ 29″ north
Longitude
12.49131° or 12° 29′ 29″ east
Operator
ATAC
Network
ATAC
Open location code
8FHJVFRR+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11599863852
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1229235
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“Colosseo” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Colosseo
  • Chinese: 鬥獸場站
  • Dutch: Colosseo
  • Esperanto: Colosseo
  • Finnish: Colosseon metroasema
  • French: Colosseo
  • German: U-Bahnhof Colosseo
  • Greek: Κολοσσαίο (Μετρό Ρώμης)
  • Greek: Κολοσσαίο
  • Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת התחתית קולוסיאום
  • Hebrew: תחנת קולוסיאום (מטרו רומא)
  • Italian: Colosseo
  • Japanese: コロッセオ駅
  • Korean: 콜로세오역
  • Latin: Colosseo
  • Latin: Colosseum
  • Lombard: Colosseo
  • Polish: Colosseo
  • Russian: Колоссео
  • Serbian: Колосеум (станица метроа)
  • Serbian: Колосеум
  • Spanish: Colosseo
  • Swedish: Colosseo
  • Turkish: Colosseo
  • Ukrainian: Колосео

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