Colosseo (Rome Metro)
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The main entrance to the station on the Piazza Del Colosseo. Exiting here, passengers immediately see the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine in front of them | ||||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | ATAC | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
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| Website | 41°53′29″N 12°29′29″E / 41.89139°N 12.49139°E | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 February 1955 | |||||||||||||||
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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 Monti rione on Piazza del Colosseo near the Colosseum.
The station hosts a museum itinerary and is part of the Rome Metro's archaeo-stations network. The archaeological finds unearthed during the construction of the metro trace the ancient history of Rome, from the Regal Age to the Roman Republic and Imperial Rome. This collection of finds has revealed 28 wells from the Republican era, the balneae of a domus dating from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD, and a domus with frescoes from the Imperial era. The station also features an oculus in the passageway connecting Line B and Line C, offering a suggestive view of the Flavian Amphitheater from below.
The atrium of the originally line B metro station houses mosaics from the Artemetro Roma Prize. They are by Pietro Dorazio (Italy), Kenneth Noland (United States) and Emil Schumacher (Germany). The station is spread over two street levels. The main entrance for Line B is on the lower level, opposite the Colosseum in Piazza del Colosseo and to the right of the Arch of Constantine. The second-floor entrance is located in the center of the park on Largo Gaetana Agnesi above the square. The two entrances for Line C are on either side of Via dei Fori Imperiali.