Circo Massimo is a station on Line B

Line B (Rome Metro)

Line B is a metro line serving Rome, Italy, and part of the Rome Metro. Despite its name, Line B was the first line to be built in the city. It crosses Rome diagonally from north-east, starting at Rebibbia station, to south, terminating at Laurentina, in the EUR district. It crosses line A at...

 of the Rome Metro

Rome Metro

The Rome Metro is an underground public transportation system that operates in Rome, Italy and opened in 1955. There are currently two metro lines, the A line and the B line . A third line, the green C line, and a new branch of the B line, are currently under construction. Plans have also been...

. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is sited at the east end of the Circus Maximus

Circus Maximus

The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire...

, after which it is named, near the headquarters of the FAO

Fão

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, originally built as the Ministero delle Colonie. Until 2002 the Obelisk of Axum

Obelisk of Axum

The Obelisk of Axum is a 1,700-year-old, 24-metres tall granite stele/obelisk, weighing 160 tonnes, in the city of Axum in Ethiopia. It is decorated with two false doors at the base, and decorations resembling windows on all sides...

 also stood near the station. It has two separate exits on either side of the viale Aventino.

Surroundings

• Porta Capena
  Porta Capena
  The Porta Capena was a gate in the Servian Wall near the Caelian Hill, in Rome, Italy according to Roman tradition the sacred grove where Numa Pompilius and the nymph Egeria used to meet. It was one of the main entries to the city of Rome, since it opened on the Appian Way...
  
  
• Baths of Caracalla
  Baths of Caracalla
  The Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy were Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between AD 212 and 216, during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla.- History :...
  
  
• Passeggiata Archeologica
• Aventino
• Via dei Cerchi
• Roseto comunale
• rione San Saba
  San Saba (rione of Rome)
  San Saba is the XXI rione of Rome. It was named after the Basilica of San Saba, which lies there....
  
  
• Viale Aventino
• Stadio delle Terme

Churches

• Santa Balbina all'Aventino
• Santa Sabina
• Santi Alessio e Bonifacio
• Santa Prisca
• San Saba
• San Gregorio al Celio

External links

• Station on the site of ATAC
  ATAC
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