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.[1]
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).[2][3] 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.
History
The station was designed within the first section between the Termini and Laurentina stations to offer a rapid connection between the city center and the newly created EUR district, designated as the site of the 1942 Universal Exhibition, canceled after the outbreak of the World War II. With Italy's entry into the war in 1940 the works were suspended and only resumed in 1948. The stop was inaugurated in conjunction with the first section of the future line B on 9 February 1955, being opened to the public the following day.[4]
Construction work on the Colosseo interchange station with metro line C began in April 2013. Announced by the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, the Transport councilor of Rome Eugenio Patanè and the Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini.[5] The station entered service on 16 December 2025, following its renaming to Colosseo with the suffix Fori Imperiali.[6][7][8]
Surroundings
Churches
- San Pietro in Vincoli
- Santo Stefano Rotondo
- Santi Giovanni e Paolo
- Santi Quattro Coronati
- Basilica di San Clemente
Forums
Other Buildings
- Victor Emmanuel II Monument
- Palazzo Venezia
- Palazzo Del Grillo
- Lapidario di Roma
Connections
Bus Connections
The station is served by lines 51, 75, 85, 87, 117, 118, of the ATAC Bus Network. At night, the station is served by the nMB line of the bus network.[9]
Tram Connections
The Colosseum is also connected by tram line 3 of the Rome tramway network. The tram stop is not immediately located in front of the metro station, it is located on the left side of Piazza del Colosseo.
Gallery
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Line B platforms
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Colosseo Station's line B ticket gates
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The atrium of the line C station
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Line C platforms
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One of the entrances of the Colosseo Station from Via dei Fori Imperiali in December 2025
Notes
- ^ "Inaugurato il museo della stazione-museo Colosseo/Fori Imperiali Metro C" [The Colosseum/Imperial Forums station museum on Metro C has been inaugurated] (in Italian). Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. Archeological Park of the Colosseum. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "Mosaic Colosseo » Mosaic wall in the Stazione Colosseo, 1996". Emil Schumacher Museum. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ [1] Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Construction of Metro Stations & Shafts through Ancient Rome". engineeringrome.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Rome to open Metro C station at Colosseum in 2025". wantedinrome. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Mappe". Atac (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Metro C, slitta (di poco) l'apertura delle stazioni Colosseo e Porta Metronia". RomaToday. Citynews. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ Matteo Torrioli. "A Roma spesi 859mila euro per cambiare nome a due stazioni della metro C". Today. Citynews. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Getting To The Colosseum". colosseum.info. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
External links
Media related to Metropolitana di Roma linea B - Colosseo at Wikimedia Commons