Forte Boccea is one of the
15 forts of Rome, built in the period between 1877 and 1891 as a part of the "entrenched field of Rome".
It is located in
Rome
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Italy
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), in the
Suburb
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S. IX
Aurelio, within the
Municipio XIII
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Originally called ''Municipio XVIII'', since ...
.
History
The fort was built starting from 1877 and completed in 1881, on an area of , at the first km of Via di Boccea, from which it takes its name.
It was used as a military remand prison until 2005; in 2013 a resolution was approved, establishing its conversion into a park for cultural initiatives.
[See Paolo Boccacci on '']la Repubblica
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'' - September 26, 2013. General
Mario Carloni was a prisoner there from 1946 to 19 May 1951.
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* {{Cite web, url=http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/09/26/news/forte_boccea_dal_demanio_al_comune_diventer_un_parco_per_i_romani-67281656/, title=Forte Boccea dal Demanio al Comune - "Diventerà un parco per i romani", author=Paolo Boccacci, date=26 September 2013, website=la Repubblica ROMA.it
Forts in Italy