Policlinico Umberto I

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Located in the Quartiere San Lorenzo, the Policlinico Umberto I of Rome is the polyclinic of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Sapienza Università di Roma. The second largest public hospital in Italy (after the Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi in Bologna), its construction was mainly promoted by Italian physicians and politicians Guido Baccelli and Francesco Durante and began in 1883 to plans by and , and was completed 20 years later, with the opening presided over by the then rector and by Umberto I of Italy, after whom it is named. It is served by the Policlinico Metro station.

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Coordinates: 41°54′24″N 12°30′42″E / 41.90667°N 12.51167°E / 41.90667; 12.51167

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