You Can Now See 2,000-Year-Old Thermal Baths and Military Barracks Without Ever Leaving Rome's New Subway Stations

Rome’s new Colosseum station reveals ancient treasures

Beyond the entrance of Rome’s newest metro station under the Colosseum, there are display cases filled with hundreds of ancient artefacts found during a decade-long construction project.Spread out over four levels to a depth of 32 metres in the heart of Rome, the Colosseo-Fori Imperiali station on the city’s C-line unveiled on Tuesday is a...

You Can Now See 2,000-Year-Old Thermal Baths and Military Barracks Without Ever Leaving Rome's New Subway Stations

Two recently opened stops by the Colosseum double as museums, showcasing the ancient artifacts and ruins unearthed during their construction

Rome’s Colosseum Metro Stop Just Opened—And It’s a Museum in Its Own Right

If you’re an Italophile, you’ve likely visited Rome a handful of times. And if you’ve visited Rome a handful I’m times, I’m sure you’ve heard (time and again) about its controversial Colosseum metro stop on Line C. If not, let me catch you up: Since the 1990s, Italian authorities have struggled to engineer a safe metro station near the Colosseum. Though the area desperately needs a metro stop to improve both commuter and tourist traffic, it’s be…

Rome Has Two New Metro Stations That Offer Underground Mini-Museums, With More On the Way

Construction projects in cities that have been inhabited for thousands of years often run into special challenges as work crews come upon ancient artifacts, and suddenly, what was a construction site becomes an archaeological dig. Officials in Rome have been at work for two long decades on a new subway line for just that reason, as workers excavating stations on the new Line C, which will link the city center with distant southern suburbs, have …