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It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, famously crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC. The river flows for around 80 km (50 mi) from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea through the south of the Emilia-Romagna region, between the towns of Rimini and Cesena .
Fiumicino (Italian: [fjumiˈtʃiːno]) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). [2] It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport , the busiest airport in Italy and the ninth-busiest in Europe , which serves Rome and much of central Italy.
The heavy sedimentation of the river made maintaining Ostia difficult, prompting the emperors Claudius and Trajan to establish a new port on the Fiumicino in the first century AD. They built a new road, the Via Portuensis, to connect Rome with Fiumicino, leaving the city by Porta Portese (the port gate). Both ports were eventually abandoned due ...
A combination of natural and man-made changes caused the original Rubicon to change course repeatedly. For centuries the exact location of the original river was unknown. In 1991, the Fiumicino, a river which crosses Savignano sul Rubicone, was identified as the most likely location for the original Rubicon.
The river port of Ripa Grande, that was the main dock on the Tiber, though much less monumental than the Port of Ripetta, was rebuilt in the 17th century opposite to the former Emporium, on the other bank of the Tiber and just a few upstream than the previous location, within Porta Portuense (that had been withdrawn as well).
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On the night of 27/28 September 56th (L) Division attacked Savignano on the Fiumicino river by 169 Bde, supported by a 90-minute barrage fired by the heavily reinforced divisional artillery. Nevertheless the attack failed, as did attempts to renew it on 29/30 September and 1 October. 9th Royal Fusiliers saw some action in these operations, and ...
It is a truncated pyramid with an octagonal base, 18 metres (59 ft) high and with a perimeter of 96 metres (315 ft); these are rather peculiar characteristics for a coastal tower, as they were normally circular or quadrangular in shape (such as the Tower of Palidoro in Fiumicino) and smaller in size. [1] The building is surrounded by a moat.