Vittorio Emanuele is a station on Linea A

Line A (Rome Metro)

Line A of the Rome Metro runs across the city from the north-west terminus of Battistini to the south-east terminus at Anagnina and intersects with Line B at Termini...

 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...

. The station was inaugurated in 1980 and is sited underground, beneath Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II (Rome)

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, also known as Piazza Vittorio, is a piazza in Rome, in the Esquilino rione. It is served by the Vittorio Emanuele Metro station....

, which gives it its name, in the Esquilino

Esquilino (rione of Rome)

Esquilino is the XV rione, that is historic district, of the city. Its coat of arms bears two figures: a tree and three green mountains, all on a silver background. It is named for the Esquiline Hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome....

 rione

Rione

Rione is the name given to a ward in several Italian cities, the best-known of which is Rome. Unlike a quartiere, a rione is usually an official administrative subdivision...

.

The atrium of the station houses several mosaic

Mosaic

Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...

s from the Artemetro Roma Prize. The mosaics on display are by Nicola Carrino and Giulia Napoleone.

On 17 October 2006 there was a train crash

2006 Rome metro crash

The 2006 Rome Metro crash occurred on October 17, 2006 at 9:37am local time , when one train ploughed in another train as it unloaded passengers at the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II underground station in the city centre, killing a 30-year-old Italian woman, named Alessandra Lisi, and injuring about...

 in this station, killing one and injuring over 200 people.

Located nearby

• Piazza Vittorio
• Auditorium of Maecenas
• Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
  Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
  The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major , known also by other names, is the largest Roman Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy.There are other churches in Rome dedicated to Mary, such as Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, but the greater size of the...
  
  
• Teatro Ambra Jovinelli
• Temple of Minerva Medica (nymphaeum)
  Temple of Minerva Medica (nymphaeum)
  The nymphaeum called the Temple of Minerva Medica is a ruin of late Imperial Rome, between the via Labicana and Aurelian Walls and just inside the line of the Anio Vetus. Once part of the Horti Liciniani on the Esquiline Hill, it now faces the modern Via Giolitti...
  
  
• Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
  Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
  The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem is a Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome....
  
  
• Porta Maggiore
  Porta Maggiore
  The Porta Maggiore , or Porta Prenestina, is one of the eastern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome....
  
   and the underground basilica of Porta Maggiore
• Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker
  Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker
  The tomb of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces the baker is one of the largest and most well preserved freedmen funerary monuments in Rome. Its sculpted friezes are classic exemplars of the "plebeian style" in Roman sculpture, which was eventually to overwhelm the Greek influenced style of the Imperial court...
  
  
• Basilica di Santa Prassede
  Santa Prassede
  The Basilica of Saint Praxedes , commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an ancient titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, located near the papal basilica of Saint Mary Major...
  
  
• Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale
• Capolinea Roma-Pantano
  Rome and Fiuggi Rail Road
  The Rome-Fiuggi railway is a former railway built on the east part of Rome, Italy. It consisted of a long narrow gauge line from Rome to Fiuggi.-History:...
  
  
• Via Gioberti
• Via Merulana
• Mercato Vittorio

External links

• The station on the ATAC site.