Ottaviano is an underground station on Line A

Line A (Rome Metro)

Line A of the Rome Metro runs across the city from the north-west terminus of Battistini to the south-east terminus at Anagnina and intersects with Line B at Termini...

 of the Rome Metro

Rome Metro

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. Opened in 1980, it was the northern terminus of Line A until 1999. Its complete name is Ottaviano - San Pietro - Musei Vaticani (Ottaviano - Saint Peter's

St. Peter's Basilica

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 - Vatican Museum); formerly it was just Ottaviano - San Pietro.

The station is situated at the junction of viale Giulio Cesare with via Ottaviano and via Barletta, in Prati

Prati (rione of Rome)

Prati is the XXII rione of Rome. Its logo is the shape of Hadrian's mausoleum, in a blue color on a silver background. Hadrian's mausoleum was not in this area, but in the rione Borgo, bordering Prati to the south. This is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Rome.In Piazza Della Libertà, on...

.

The station entrance hall features mosaics of the Artemetro Rome Prize created by Shu Takahashi and Joe Tilson.

Since 2006 the station has been the site of a archaeological excavations in preparation for the construction of Metro Line C

Line C (Rome Metro)

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. It will form an interchange station

Interchange station

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 between lines A and C.

Located nearby

• Vatican City
  Vatican City
  Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
  
  
  • Basilica di San Pietro
  • Piazza San Pietro
• via della Conciliazione
  Via della Conciliazione
  Via della Conciliazione is a street in the Rione of Borgo within Rome, Italy. Roughly 500 m in length, it connects Saint Peter's Square to the Castel Sant'Angelo on the western bank of the Tiber River. The road was constructed between 1936 and 1950, and it is the primary access route to the...
  
  
• Piazza del Risorgimento
• Borgo
  Borgo (rione of Rome)
  Borgo , is the 14th historic district of Rome, Italy. It lies on the west bank of the Tiber, and has a trapezoidal shape. Its coat of arms shows a lion , lying in front of three mounts and a star...
  
  
• Prati
  Prati (rione of Rome)
  Prati is the XXII rione of Rome. Its logo is the shape of Hadrian's mausoleum, in a blue color on a silver background. Hadrian's mausoleum was not in this area, but in the rione Borgo, bordering Prati to the south. This is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Rome.In Piazza Della Libertà, on...
  
  
  • Piazza dei Quiriti
• Teatro Giulio Cesare
• Via Candia

External links

• Ottaviano - San Pietro station on the Rome public transport site. (in Italian)