Parco di Centocelle

This stop of metro C allows the exchange with the bus line 451 towards Ponte Mammolo (metro B) or Subaugusta (metro A) at about 100 meters.

The Centocelle Archaeological Park is a green area of ​​120 hectares on the eastern outskirts of Rome, in the territory of the V Municipality. It stands on a plateau that contains numerous archaeological remains, testifying to the area's frequentation since the 6th century BC. In addition to two deposits, one republican and one cult, the three Roman villas of the Piscina, the Terme and ad Duas Lauros (in Latin for the Due Allori) were rediscovered in the excavations of the late twentieth century. The latter is particularly relevant as it is included in a large imperial property, identified in the residence of the Second Flavians, as the residence of the Empress Elena, and which due to its size was called Centum Cellae, hence the current toponym. After the donation of the property to the Church, the Subaugusta suburbicarian diocese was established here. Fort Casilina was built at the end of the nineteenth century, and at the beginning of the twentieth century the remaining area was used as the first Italian airport, officially entered into operation on April 15, 1909 named after the aviator Francesco Baracca. Once the aeronautical use ceased, the area was the subject of major urban projects since the drafting of the Regulatory Plan of 1962, which provided for its construction as part of the Eastern Directional System, and for this reason it was sold by the State Property to the Municipality of Rome. Following the failure to implement the SDO and the affixing of the historical-archaeological constraint on the entire area by the Ministry for Cultural Heritage, they led the Municipality to transform the area into an archaeological park, also in order to make up for the lack of areas green for the populous neighboring neighborhoods. However, the opening to the public proved problematic due to the presence of a series of illegal occupations. Finally opened to the public in 2006, and closed for safety reasons from September 2008 to January 2010, it can currently be visited for an area of ​​about 33 hectares. A runway from the former airport is still visible inside the park. In the subsoil of the Park runs an artificial tunnel of about one kilometer, abandoned, which was part of a sort of metropolitan railway started during Fascism; the project remained unfinished with the outbreak of the Second World War.

Metro stop C new. It is one of the few to have the lobby on the ground floor. It is always supervised and well cleaned. The only flaw is the latency of the trains, one every 12 minutes approximately. If you miss a train, you have to wait a long time for another to arrive. Furthermore, the closing time is earlier than that of lines A and B. Overall, the line is still to be used and therefore a definitive review cannot be released. Positive note the bus stop right in front of the entrance (line 105 goes directly to Termini and goes back).

Automatic metro station closest to viale Palmiro Togliatti. Very new and already quite run down. Dirt and poor green care on the outside. Exchange point with numerous buses to the south-eastern suburbs. Terminus 105 and 106. Termini-Centocelle terminus at 400 meters. Not far away, there is a large, recently built LIDL exhibition and sales area.