Ciampino | ||
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State | Italy | |
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Region | Lazio | |
Territory | Central Lazio | |
Altitude | 124 m a.s.l. | |
Surface | 13.38 km² | |
Inhabitants | 38.387 (2016) | |
Name inhabitants | Ciampinesi | |
Prefix tel | 39 06 | |
POSTAL CODE | 00043 | |
Time zone | UTC 1 | |
Patron | Sacred Heart of Jesus | |
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Ciampino is a city of Central Lazio, in the province of Rome.
To know
Next to Ciampino is the1 Rome-Ciampino international airport named after Giovan Battista Pastine. The airport is largely within the borders of Rome and only partially in the Ciampino area
Geographical notes
The municipality of Ciampino is located to the left of the Patatona ditch. Its municipal territory borders to the north and west with Rome, to the east with Grottaferrata and to the south with Marine. Ciampino is in fact a joint-hinge between the capital and the area of Roman castles.
When to go
The town is particularly popular during the summer.
Background
The center developed from the fifties was until 1974 a fraction of the neighboring municipality of Marine. The demographic boom has led Ciampino to be one of the centers with a significant population density within the metropolitan city of Rome.
How to orient yourself
How to get
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By car
Ciampino is crossed by the Strada Statale 7 Via Appia and the Strada Statale 511 Via Anagnina. The provincial road 217 Via dei Laghi also originates in its territory.
On the train
There 2 Ciampino station it is served by the Rome-Cassino-Naples, Rome-Albano, Rome-Frascati and Rome-Velletri.
The other stations in the municipal area are:
- for the Rome-Albano line
- 3 Sorrel Water
- 4 Saxon, which serves the homonymous hamlet.
- 5 Pantanella, which serves the homonymous hamlet, located in part also in the municipality of Marine.
- for the Rome-Velletri line
- 6 White House
How to get around
What see
- 1 Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Peace Square, 1. Ciampino parish church, built between 1922 and 1927.
- 2 The flight of the Caryatid, via November 4th. Monumental fountain.
- 3 Villa of Quinto Voconio Pollione, Via dell'Acqua Acetosa, Ciampino (Acqua Acetosa station, on the Rome-Albano line). Historic villa.
- Villa Maruffi. Historic villa.
Events and parties
- Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Friday of the third week after Pentecost. Ciampino patronal feast.