Chiesa Nuova was a planned metro station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on Line C

Line C (Rome Metro)

Line C will be the third line of the metro system of Rome, Italy. It will be the first fully automated line in the city.The line is currently under construction, and the first part is scheduled to open by June 2012...

 of the Rome Metro

Rome Metro

The Rome Metro is an underground public transportation system that operates in Rome, Italy and opened in 1955. There are currently two metro lines, the A line and the B line . A third line, the green C line, and a new branch of the B line, are currently under construction. Plans have also been...

 system.

Location

Chiesa Nuova station would have been located underneath the Piazza della Chiesa Nuova, which takes its name from the church of the same name

Chiesa Nuova

Chiesa Nuova may refer to:*Santa Maria in Vallicella, a church in Rome, Italy*Chiesa Nuova , a church in Assisi, Italy*Chiesa Nuova , a Franciscan performing arts ministry based in Chicago, Illinois...

. About 500 m (1,640.4 ft) to the east is the famous Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona is a city square in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans came there to watch the agones , and hence it was known as 'Circus Agonalis'...

. Along with the Chiesa Nuova, there are a number of churches in the immediate area, including the Santa Maria della Pace

Santa Maria della Pace

Santa Maria della Pace is a church in Rome, central Italy, not far from Piazza Navona.The current building was built on the foundations of the pre-existing church of Sant'Andrea de Aquarizariis in 1482, commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV. The church was rededicated to the Virgin Mary to remember a...

, Sant'Agnese in Agone

Sant'Agnese in Agone

Sant'Agnese in Agone is a seventeenth century Baroque church in Rome, Italy. It faces onto the Piazza Navona, one of the main urban spaces in the historic centre of the city and the site where the Early Christian Saint Agnes was martyred in the ancient Stadium of Domitian.The rebuilding of the...

, and San Salvatore in Lauro

San Salvatore in Lauro

San Salvatore in Lauro is a Catholic church in central Rome, Italy, located in the rione Ponte. It is the "national church" of the marchigiani, the inhabitants of the Marche region of Italy...

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