Largo Angelo Fochetti

Largo Angelo Fochetti is a square in Municipio Roma VIII, Rome, Lazio. Largo Angelo Fochetti is situated nearby to the sports venue Planet Fitness, as well as near the post office Poste Italiane – Roma 125.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santa Galla and Porta San Sebastiano.

Santa Galla

Church

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The Santa Galla church is a place of Catholic worship in Rome located in the Ostiense district, in via Circonvallazione Ostiense. Santa Galla is situated 500 metres west of Largo Angelo Fochetti.

Porta San Sebastiano

City gate

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The Porta San Sebastiano is the largest and one of the best-preserved gates in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. Originally known as the Porta Appia due to its location at the beginning of the Appian Way, the gate served as a key southern entrance to the city since antiquity. Porta San Sebastiano is situated 1 km northeast of Largo Angelo Fochetti.

The Church of Domine Quo Vadis

Church

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Santa Maria in Palmis, also known as Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis, is a small church southeast of Rome. It is located about some 800 m from Porta San Sebastiano, where the Via Ardeatina branches off the Appian Way, on the site where, according to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, Saint Peter met the risen Christ while Peter was fleeing persecution in Rome. The Church of Domine Quo Vadis is situated 690 metres east of Largo Angelo Fochetti.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garbatella and Aventino-Testaccio.

Garbatella

Quarter

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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.

Aventino-Testaccio

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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.