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Port of Civitavecchia, also known as "Port of Rome", [2] [3] or Civitavecchia Port of Rome, [4] is the seaport of Civitavecchia, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy. It is an important hub for the maritime transport in Italy, for goods and passengers. The Rome Cruise Terminal is part of the port.
Civitavecchia (Italian: [ˌtʃivitaˈvɛkkja], meaning "ancient town") is a city and major sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea 60 kilometres (37 miles) west-northwest of Rome. Its legal status is a comune (municipality) of Rome , Lazio .
It is a multifunctional port, managed by the Port Authority of Civitavecchia ("Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro Settentrionale"), which after the expansion of the district which took place in 2002 and completed in 2003, was extended to the ports of Fiumicino and Gaeta, united under the name of "Ports of Rome and Lazio". [32]
It forms part of the network of the Lazio regional railways (Italian: ferrovie regionali del Lazio), which is operated by Trenitalia, and converges on the city of Rome, Italy. [1] The route operates over the infrastructure of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway. Within the territory of the comune of Rome, it plays the role of a commuter railway. [2]
Civitavecchia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Civitavecchia) serves the town and comune of Civitavecchia, the sea port for Rome, in the region of Lazio, central Italy. Opened in 1859, it forms part of the Pisa–Livorno–Rome railway. The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI).
Terme Taurine was first established on a hill overlooking Civitavecchia during the Roman Republican era in 86 BC. [4] They were built over thermal sulphurous springs a few km from the later port of Centumcellae developed by Trajan (r. 98 to 117 AD). They were also about 1 km from the earlier baths of the settlement of Aquae Tauri. [4]
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