Roma Ostiense railway station

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Roma Ostiense
Stazione Ostiense in 2021 front view.jpg
Station building in Piazzale dei Partigiani
General information
LocationPiazzale dei Partigiani
00154 Rome
Italy
Coordinates 41°52′22″N12°29′04″E / 41.87269°N 12.48446°E / 41.87269; 12.48446
Elevation22 metres (72 ft)
Owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Operated by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
Line(s) Pisa-Livorno-Grosseto–Roma
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL1.svg Orte-Fiumicino Aeroporto
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL3.svg Roma Tiburtina-Viterbo
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL5.svg Roma Termini-Civitavecchia
Distance6.692 km (4.158 mi)
from Roma Termini
Platforms6 (11 tracks)
Connections
Construction
Architect Roberto Narducci
Other information
IATA code IRR
History
OpenedOctober 28, 1940 (1940-10-28)
Electrified3,000 V
Location
Roma Ostiense railway station
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Roma Ostiense is a railway station in Piazza dei Partigiani serving the Ostiense district of Rome, Italy, a short distance from the Porta San Paolo. It is run by the Rete Ferroviaria Italiana [1] arm of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane group and the commuter rail lines FL1, FL3, and FL5 run through the station. It is linked with the Piramide Metro B station and the Roma Porta San Paolo station on the Rome-Lido railway line.

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History

Hitler's arrival in Rome meet at the station by King Victor Emmanuel III and Mussolini. HitlerOstiense.jpg
Hitler's arrival in Rome meet at the station by King Victor Emmanuel III and Mussolini.

To commemorate the forthcoming visit of Adolf Hitler to Rome in 1938, the current Ostiense station was built, replacing an existing rural railway station, with the aim of creating a monumental station to receive the German dictator. A new road was also built to connect the station with Porta San Paolo – this was initially named Via A. Hitler but, after World War II, it became Viale delle Cave Ardeatine, as a way of commemorating the victims of Nazi occupation. [2]

Hitler's visit to Rome is cinematically recreated in director Ettore Scola's film Una giornata particolare , who also used archived newsreel footage showing the actual meeting between Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Victor Emanuel III.

The building

Italian architect Roberto Narducci designed the station. [3] In addition to being built in the architectural style favoured by Hitler, the design of the station's marble facade was almost identical to that of the Italian pavilion at the 1942 Rome World's Fair (a design never fully realised due to the Second World War). [4]

The entire facade is made of Travertine marble and the entrance is marked by a columned portico. On the right side of the façade is a relief by Francesco Nagni representing the mythical figures of Bellerophon and Pegasus. On the left is a fountain built in 1957. A series of black and white floor mosaics (created by Giulio Rosso) illustrate various themes and legends of Rome's history.

South of the tracks, the station authority constructed a new section to help Ostiense serve as a terminal station for passengers arriving from Leonardo da Vinci Airport during the 1990 World Cup, which accumulated a variety of commercial activities. However, following the decline in the number of passengers after the end of the World Cup, the new section was quickly abandoned and the various shops that were housed there began to close. In 2012, the building was converted to a new branch of Mario Batali's restaurant/market chain Eataly. [5]

The square

The fountain of Piazzale dei Partigiani immortalized in the final scene of Carlo Verdone's Un sacco bello in 1980. Piazzalepartigiani.jpg
The fountain of Piazzale dei Partigiani immortalized in the final scene of Carlo Verdone's Un sacco bello in 1980.

The square outside of the station was named Piazzale dei Partigiani after World War II. [2] Now, the square's primary function is a bus terminal and parking facility. Before 1990, however, the piazza was embellished with a well-maintained garden and a now-nonfunctioning fountain that was built in the 1950s as part of the design of the station's architect Roberto Narducci. The fountain was inexplicably excluded from the modernization and renovations for the 1990 World Cup, even though the square was part of the ambitious "Cento Piazze" beautification project. [6] The small palm gardens that surround the parking lot are today occupied by a number of homeless people, asylum seekers, and political refugees. [7] Every Monday and Friday, Red Cross volunteers use the square to distribute food to the city's homeless population, despite protests from the area's residents who say that the organization arbitrarily selected the site. [8]

Services

The station offer the following services:

Interchanges

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Roma Ostiense" (in Italian). Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 Painter, Borden W. (2005). Mussolini's Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 153. ISBN   978-1-4039-8002-1.
  3. ↑ Painter Jr, Borden W. (2005). Mussolini's Rome: Rebuilding the Eternal City. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 119. ISBN   978-1-4039-8002-1.
  4. ↑ Chornyi, Maksym (15 December 2019). "Adolf Hitler in Rome: May 1938". War-Documentary. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Bellini, Nicola; Clergeau, Cécile; Etcheverria, Olivier (2018-10-09). Gastronomy and Local Development: The Quality of Products, Places and Experiences. Routledge. ISBN   9781351743938.
  6. ↑ "Cento Piazze" - Comune di Roma Archived November 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Report". Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2013-07-23., Report in "Il Messaggero" 18 July 2008
  8. ↑ , Report in "Corriere della Sera" 15 October 2006
Preceding station Lazio regional railways Following station
Roma Tuscolana
towards Orte
FL1 Roma Trastevere
towards Fiumicino Aeroporto
Terminus FL3 Roma Trastevere
towards Viterbo Porta Fiorentina
Roma Tuscolana
towards Roma Termini
FL5 Roma Trastevere
towards Civitavecchia
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