Flamino Quarter
The Tiber River or "Tevere" and the Flaminia road define the Flaminio district.
The Tiber River forms a bend that encloses a vast, flat area that is crossed by the via Flaminia road, one of Rome's most important historical urban axis'.
The Olympic Village, the Palazzetto dello Sport complex and the Flaminio Stadium are all located in the Flaminio Quarter.
Valle Giulia, or Valley of the Museums is located here. This area hosts many foreign academies as well as the National Gallery of Modern Art.
Visit the Via Flaminia, of the most important ancient Roman consular roads since the year 223 BC. Numerous archaeological excavations have been carried out along the Via Flaminia, revealing important ancient Roman remains.
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Rome Auditorium
Designed by world renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, the three halls, a Papa Hall, a Mama Hall and a Baby Hall, are built of local materials: travertine, red bricks and lead.
As the site was being prepared, a vast Roman villa from the 5th century BC was discovered. Construction was halted while the architect redesigned the project to include the historical treasure.
The Music Park is open to the public every weekend for concerts and more informal gatherings. Along with the auditoriums are shops, restaurants and a 700-car parking structure. Eventually the extended site will also include Zaha Hadid's equally controversial National Center for Contemporary Arts.
Request our staff to buy your tickets for guided tours of the "Parco della Musica" or concerts held at the Rome Auditorium.
Distance from the Astrid Hotel Rome
- On foot: 10 minutes
- By taxi: 3 minutes
- By metro: bus 2 one stop - 2 minutes
Our Staff will gladly buy tickets for you upon request for Guided Tours of the "Parco della Musica" or Events and Concerts held at the Rome Auditorium
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Stadio Flaminio- 6 Nations Rugby Stadium
The Flaminio Stadium was built in 1911 and reconstructed in 1927 after being considered outdated from a technical viewpoint as well as inadequate due to weather damage. The new Flaminio Stadium answers to all the requisites of a modern and updated structure. It was built in July of 1957 right after the demolition of the old Torino Stadium, and officially inaugerated on the 12th of March, 1959.
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Olympic Theatre
Orson Welles once said that the Teatro Olimpico was the only place in Rome reminding him of the atmosphere of the Broadway theaters.
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Piazza del Popolo
The main gateway to Rome, Piazza del Popolo is a magnificent urban space.
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Villa Borghese
The Villa Borghese was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio as a party villa at the edge of Rome at the start of the 17th century. Today the villa houses The Borghese Gallery where visitors can view the Borghese collection of paintings, sculpture and antiquities.
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Rome Zoo
The Rome zoo has an illustrious history. Created in 1908 by a group of financial backers with the aim of creating a place of public entertainment with an impressive collection of animals.
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Foro Italico Sport Center
Foro Italico includes the Stadio Olimpico with the capacity of 100,000 spectators; Stadio dei Marmi, able to accommodate 20,000 spectators; open-air and close swimming-pools, lawn-tennis and basketball courts, running tracks, fencing halls and a gymnasium.
Distance from Astrid Hotel Rome
- On foot: 25 min.
- By taxi: 5 min.
- By metro: not recommended
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MAXXI - Contemporary art centre
The National Museum for Art and Architecture of the 21st century is a grand museum dedicated to contemporary art. The structure is characterized by twisting reinforced SCC self-compacting concrete walls that rise up to a height of up 14 meters.
The MAXXI's objective is to nuture appreciation for the art and architecture of the 21st century. The MAXXI will host two institutions; MAXXI Art and MAXXI Architecture, sharing space and resources.
In 1995 the Soprintendenza Speciale Arte Contemporanea began its functional rearrangement and restoration programme of the National Gallery of Modern Art.
Within this framework, the competition for the extension originally designed by Luigi Cosenza is aimed at completing a project that dates back to the mid-fifties.
This will be done by maintaining the aspects of the original design that are still valid, as well as by reorganizing the unfinished parts and enlarging the Gallery’s structure as a unified museum complex.
Ex Caserma Montello, Via Guido Reni, 10 - 00196 Rome
Tel.: +39 06.3202438
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St. Peter's Basilica - The Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica is situated in Città del Vaticano, the residence of Popes since 1377. The present church stands on the ruins of the ancient early Christian church dedicated to Peter, where legend has it the grave of the apostle is placed.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The project of the Farnesina, by architects Del Debbio, Foschini and Morpurgo, was conceived in 1935, when the "Orti della Farnesina" area between Monte Mario and the river Tiber was re-organised.
With its 1,320 rooms, the Palazzo della Farnesina was big enough to house all the Desks and Departments of the Administration, which had previously occupied thirteen branches, besides the headquarters in Palazzo Chigi.
With a 169-metres-wide and 51-metres-high main façade, the 9-storey building, of 720,000 cubic metres. in total, shares with the Reggia di Caserta the Italian record with respect to the volume of construction.
The Farnesina is located in an area of new urban development, that of the Foro Italico, which is very well connected to the rest of the city and houses numerous facilities of public interest.
Distance from the Astrid Hotel Rome
- On foot: 25 min.
- By taxi: 5 min.
- By metro: not recommended
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Villa Madama
Villa Madama was built in the sixteenth century, during the reign of Popes Leo X and Clement VII. The villa symbolized the new Renaissance love for nature, art and the pleasures of life. Forsaking the dark dungeon-like palaces of the Middle Ages, Romans began to spend long periods of time in their country villas.
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Parioli Quarter
The Parioli has traditionally been a middle class residential part of Rome. Comfortable villas with gardens have long been the homes of the Roman elite.
The Parioli Quarter defined chic in the post WW2 years. Stars of cinema and theater as well as industrialists, leaders in high finance, and diplomats all resided in the quarter. In the sixties and seventies the Quarter provided fashionable venues for a night out - for cocktails at the bar Hungaria in Piazza Ungheria or at the bar Euclide in Piazza Euclide.
Parioli is one of the greenest quarters of Rome including the "Parco della Rimembranza" and the "Parco del Acqua Acetosa" created for the 1960 Olympics.
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National TV Centre
The Rai di Saxa Rubra Center occupies 14 acres. Inaugarated for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, today the centre hosts TG1, TG2, TG3, the Regional Journalistic and Sport Journalistic heads, Radio Rai Newspaper, Televideo, and the Direction of Tribune and Access.
There are 14 television studios and 35 radio stations. The network of external connections for audio, video and telephone and data signals, include 330 fibre optic lines with over 1,350 kilometers of cable. The center of control for audio and video circuits holds more than 5 thousand circuits, while as the monitor for television work and production has 3 thousand. The telephone network, which has a digital center able to offer its users 1,000 lines,also functions as network-data. In this way, in the case of an emergency, in every telephone tower it is possible to install a terminal and to connect to the internal informatic system called ARGO and to other press agencies. In the Saxo Rubra Center, 20 satellite dishes have been installed to recieve programs via satellite. The transmitting antenna is 42 meters high.
Distance from the Astrid Hotel Rome
- On foot: not recommended
- By taxi: 20 min.
- By metro: bus 2 to FLAMINIO + urban train which takes to Saxa Rubra
