Forte Boccea (Rome)

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Forte Boccea
Part of Entrenched field of Rome
37 Via di Val Cannuta - 00167 Rome in Italy
Coordinates	41°54′08″N 12°25′02″E / 41.90222°N 12.41722°E / 41.90222; 12.41722
Site information
Open to the public	no
Site history
Built	1877-1881
Built by	Victor Emmanuel II
Garrison information
Occupants	Ministry of Defence

Forte Boccea is one of the 15 forts of Rome, built in the period between 1877 and 1891 as a part of the "entrenched field of Rome".
It is located in Rome (Italy), in the Suburb S. IX , within the Municipio XIII.

History[]

The fort was built starting from 1877 and completed in 1881, on an area of 7.3 ha (18 acres), at the first km of Via di Boccea, from which it takes its name.

It was used as a military remand prison until 2005; in 2013 a resolution was approved, establishing its conversion into a park for cultural initiatives.^[1]

Notes[]

Bibliography[]

• Various Authors (2010). Operare i forti. Per un progetto di riconversione dei forti militari di Roma. Rome: Gangemi Editore. ISBN 978-88-492-1777-3.
• Elvira Cajano (2006). Il sistema dei forti militari a Roma. Rome: Gangemi Editore. ISBN 978-88-492-1057-6.
• Michele Carcani (1883). I forti di Roma. Rome: Voghera Carlo tipografo di S.M.
• Giorgio Giannini (1998). I forti di Roma. Rome: Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-88-8183-895-0.

External links[]

• "Forte Boccea". Progetto Forti.
• Paolo Boccacci (26 September 2013). "Forte Boccea dal Demanio al Comune - "Diventerà un parco per i romani"". la Repubblica ROMA.it.