Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia, Ostia

Name: Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia
Address: Ostia, Italy

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The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia is an ecclesiatical territory located within the Metropolitan City of Rome in Italy. It is one of the seven suburbicarian dioceses. The incumbant Bishop is cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. Since 1150, it's bishop has been the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Its Cathedral is Basilica di Sant'Aurea. ()

Alternative names: Area: 11.97 mi²Coordinates: 41°45'34"N, 12°18'7"E

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Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ostia Antica, Santa Aurea, Ostia Antica, Baths at Ostia.

0.8 miSW
Remains of an ancient Roman city
Ostia Antica, Rome
21 min walk • Ostia Antica is an evocative archaeological site located near the city of Rome, Italy. Once a bustling commercial port, it served as the gateway to the ancient Roman Empire, connecting trade routes across the Mediterranean.
~30 ftNW
Church
Santa Aurea, Rome
1 min walk • The Basilica of Santa Aurea is a church situated in the Ostia Antica district of Ostia, Italy. Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century AD. The present-day church, completed in 1483, it was the seat of the suburbicarian diocese of Ostia until 1966, when Ostia became part of the diocese of Rome.
~560 ftNW
Forts and castles
Ostia Antica, Rome
3 min walk • Ostia Antica is the 35th zona of Rome, Italy, four kilometers away from the coast. It is identified by the initials Z. XXXV and it is distinct from Ostia. Ostia Antica belongs to Municipio X.
0.7 miSW
Archaeological site, Ancient Roman architecture
Baths at Ostia, Ostia
19 min walk • The Forum Baths at Ostia, otherwise known as the Thermae Gavii Maximi, are named after Marcus Gavius Maximus, who was the praetorian prefect for 20 years. The baths were intended for public use in Ostia Antica. and like many other thermae, created as a gift to the public and were therefore free.
1 miSW
Synagogue
Ostia Synagogue, Rome
26 min walk • The Ostia Synagogue is an ancient synagogue located in ancient Ostia, the seaport of Imperial Rome. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the world, the oldest synagogue in Europe and the oldest mainstream Jewish synagogue yet uncovered outside Israel.
~890 ftS
City
Gabii, Rome
5 min walk • Gabii was an ancient city of Latium, located 18 km due east of Rome along the Via Praenestina, which was in early times known as the Via Gabina.
0.6 miW
Ruins
Piazzale delle Corporazioni, Rome
16 min walk • The Forum of Corporations, or the Piazzale delle Corporazioni, was the principal center of commerce and trade for the Roman Empire mainly during the Age of Augustus.
0.6 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Theatre, Rome
15 min walk • The Roman theater at Ostia was built in the Augustan age and remodeled in the late second century. In the numbering given to Ostian buildings by postwar excavators it corresponds to II,VII,2.
~180 ftW
41°45'33"N • 12°18'4"E
Castello di Giulio II, Rome
1 min walk • Forts and castles
0.8 miW
Museum, Museum district
Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Rome
20 min walk • The Museo Archeologico Ostiense is an archaeological museum dedicated to the ancient Roman city of Ostia in Rome, Italy. The museum was built by Pope Pius IX, who in 1865 had to readapt a fifteenth-century building used as a store to create a city museum.
1.3 miW
41°45'9"N • 12°16'40"E
Tor Boacciana, Rome
34 min walk • Historical place, Observation decks and towers, Memorial

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Nearby attractions include Santa Aurea, Rome (1 min walk), Castello di Giulio II, Rome (1 min walk), Ostia Antica, Rome (3 min walk), Gabii, Rome (5 min walk).