Although it was for a time an important port of Rome, the town was abandoned (there were only a few huts around the Tower of Pius V) and the current city of Fiumicino is due to a nineteenth-century French architect Giuseppe Valadier (the urban architect of the Pincio in Rome). The city is located on the north side of the Tiber River delta and has an important port channel that is used by a fleet of fishing vessels and recreational craft. The channel has a drawbridge to allow the passage of boats. The Fiumicino area is home to the eponymous airport of Rome, also known as Leonardo Da Vinci, the most important Italian airport.
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Fontana delle Cinque Lune
The Fontana delle Cinque Lune was brought from Piazza Navona in Rome. It was originally…
Castiglione delle Monache in Torre in Pietra
Castiglione delle monache (Castle of the monks) is oldest part of town known as Torre…
Valadier Suburb
In 1800, with a growing population shifting towards the port of Fiumicino area it was…
Basilica di S. Ippolito
The Early Christian Basilica of St. Ippolito is divided into three naves by two rows…
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Leonardo da Vinci International Airport
In 2015 it had a traffic of over 40 million passengers and is the largest…
Via Portuense and Isola Sacra
Via Portuense connects the centre of Rome with its ports of Ostia and Fiumicino and…
Archaeological Park of the Imperial ports of Claudius and Trajan
In the first century A.D. the Emperor Claudius ordered the design of a new port…
Museum of Roman Ships
The Museum of Ships gathers an important collection of Roman imperial age vessels that were…