- Roma Termini railway station
Roma Termini (in Italian, "Stazione Termini" or "Stazione di Roma Termini") is the main train station of
Rome . It is named after the ancientBaths of Diocletian (in Latin, "thermae "), which lie across the street from the main entrance.The station has regular train services to all major Italian cities as well as daily international services to
Paris ,Munich ,Genève andBasel . With its 29 platforms and over 150 million passengers each year [ [http://www.grandistazioni.it/client_html/page.php?id=7 Grandi Stazioni ] ] , Roma Termini is one of the largest train stations in Europe.Termini is also the main hub for public transport inside Rome. Both current
Rome Metro lines (A and B) intersect at Termini, and a major bus station is located atPiazza Cinquecento , the square in front of the station. However, the main tram lines of the city cross atPorta Maggiore , some 500 metres east of the station.On
23 December 2006 , the station was dedicated toPope John Paul II [ [http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/ferrovie/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=78bf91b5184cf010VgnVCM1000001c42fe0aRCRD News on italian railways official website] ] , more or less like Rome's main airport at Fiumicino is dedicated toLeonardo da Vinci [ [http://www.radicali.it/newsletter/view.php?id=82508&numero=5008&title=DOWNLO Article containing an official press release] of 19 April 2005, which draws the parallel with Fiumicino airport.] .History
On
February 25 ,1863 ,Pope Pius IX opened the first, temporary Termini Station as the terminus of the lines Rome-Frascati , Rome-Civitavecchia and Rome-Ceprano . The first two lines previously had separate stations elsewhere in the city, and as the third line was under development, the city chose to build one central station, as opposed to theParis model of having separate terminus stations for each line or each direction. The dilapidated Villa Montalto-Peretti was chosen as the site for this new station, which was to be called the "Stazione Centrale delle Ferrovie Romane" (Central Station of Roman Railways). Construction of the permament station began in1868 , and was completed in1874 . It was laid out according to a plan by the architectSalvatore Bianchi . The front of this station reachedVia Cavour , which means it stuck some 200 metres deeper into the city than the current station. In1937 it was decided to replace the old station, as part of the planning for the 1942 World's Fair, which was never held because of the outbreak ofWorld War II . The old station was demolished, and part of the new station was constructed, but works were halted in1943 as the Italian fascist government collapsed. The 2-kilometre long side structures of the design by Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande are still part of the current-day station.Current building
The current building was designed by the two teams that won a competition in
1947 :Leo Calini andEugenio Montuori ;Massimo Castellazzi ,Vasco Fadigati ,Achille Pintonello andAnnibale Vitellozzi . It was inaugurated in1950 . The building is characterized by the extremely long, modernist façade intravertine and by the gravity-defying double curve of the cantilever roof inreinforced concrete . Because of these, it carries the nickname "theDinosaur ".In the movies
*"Stazione Termini" (1953)
References
*cite book | title=Guida d'Italia. Roma | publisher=Touring Club Italiano | date=1999 | location=Milan | pages=162-164
See also
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Roma Tiburtina railway station is the second largest station in Rome.External links
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