Ostiense

Giuseppe Vasi 18th century etching of Porta Ostiensis (now called Porta San Paolo) in the original city walls of Rome, and the Pyramid of Cestius to the right.

Porta Ostiensis today, the location of Ostiense Museum.

Ostiense is a quarter in the south of Rome, Italy.^[1] It comprises the area near the Ostiense Way from the Porta San Paolo to the Magliana Viaduct. Its official boundaries include the neighborhood of Garbatella.

The original name of the Porta San Paolo, a gate in the city walls of Rome, was Porta Ostiensis because it was located at the beginning of Via Ostiense. It now houses Ostiense Museum.

Ostiense was an industrial area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Remnants of that era include a prominent gasometer and the Centrale Montemartini (a former power station now housing part of the Capitoline Museum's collection of classical sculpture).

Other landmarks in the quarter include Roma Ostiense railway station, the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, and most of Roma Tre University.

External Links

• Official boundaries of Ostiense (Google Maps)

References

1. ^ Ostiense, Rome, Lazio, TripAdvisor.

Coordinates: 41°51′49″N 12°28′44″E / 41.863651°N 12.478911°E / 41.863651; 12.478911