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Forte Boccea (Rome)

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".<br/> It is located in Rome (Italy), in the Suburb S. IX Aurelio, within the Municipio XIII.

History

The fort was built starting from 1877 and completed in 1881, on an area of , 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. General Mario Carloni was a prisoner there from 1946 to 19 May 1951.

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