Piramide is a station on Line B of the

Rome Metro The Rome Metro () is a rapid transit system that operates in Rome, Italy. It started operation in 1955, making it the oldest in the country. The Metro comprises three lines – A (orange), B (blue) and C (green) – which operate on of rout ...

. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is sited on Piazzale Ostiense (across which is the

Pyramid of Cestius The pyramid of Cestius (in Italian language, Italian, ''Piramide di Caio Cestio'' or ''Piramide Cestia'') is an ancient Roman pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery, Rome, Protestant Cemetery. It was built i ...

that gives the station its name) just outside

Porta San Paolo The Porta San Paolo (English: Saint Paul Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. The Via Ostiense Museum (') is housed within the gatehouse. It is in the Ostiense quarter; just to the west is the Roma ...

, in the Ostiense quarter. Its atrium houses mosaics that have won the Artemetro Roma by

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(Italy) and

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(United States). The station has

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Connections

Alongside the Metro station is the

station on the Ferrovia Roma-Lido. The Stazione Ostiense is connected to the metro station via an underpass - from here run the FR1, FR3 and FR5 mainline services.

Surroundings

* Acea headquarters * Stazione di Roma Ostiense *via Marmorata post office

Direction of traffic

*Via Marmorata (towards

Ponte Sublicio Ponte Sublicio, also known as Ponte Aventino or Ponte Marmoreo, is a bridge linking Piazza dell'Emporio to Piazza di Porta Portese in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni Ripa, Trastevere and Testaccio and in the ''Quartiere'' Portuense. The most anc ...

and

Trastevere Trastevere () is the 13th of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin (). Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lion on a red background, the meaning of which i ...

) *Viale Aventino (towards il

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) *Via Marco Polo (towards

via Cristoforo Colombo Via Cristoforo Colombo (or just ''la Colombo'', as it is often called by the Romans; ) is a street in Rome (Italy) that links the historic centre to Ostia. Along most of its route, the street has three lanes for each direction of movement. With ...

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and via Cilicia- Appio Latino) *Via Ostiense (towards the

Basilica di San Paolo fuori le mura The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (, ) is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major, as well as one of the city’s Seven Pilgrim Ch ...

)

Rioni and quarters

*Rione

Testaccio Testaccio () is the 20th of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. XX, deriving its name from Monte Testaccio. It is located within the Municipio I. Its coat of arms depicts an amphora, referencing to the broken vessels that Monte Testaccio ...

*Rioni Ripa and

Aventino The Aventine Hill (; ; ) is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the modern twelfth ''rione'', or ward, of Rome. Location and boundaries The Aventine Hill is the southernmost of Rome's seven hills. I ...

*Rione San Saba

Monuments and churches

* Protestant Cemetery *

Monte dei cocci Monte Testaccio () or Monte Testaceo, also known as Monte dei Cocci, is an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of (), fragments of broken ancient Roman pottery, nearly all discarded amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire, ...

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Centrale Montemartini The Capitoline Museums () are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing on the cent ...

* Porta San Paolo Railway Museum *

Santa Maria Liberatrice Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church on the Monte Testaccio in Rome, dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus. History Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio was built in 1908 to serve t ...

* Chiesa di Santa Sabina * Chiesa di San Saba

Gallery

Image:Stazione_di_Piramide1.jpg, The piazzale Image:Stazione Piramide2.jpg, Facade

External links

*
Station on the site of

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