Ostia, officially Lido di Ostia, is a large neighbourhood in the Municipio X of the comune of Rome, Italy, near the ancient port of Rome, which is now a major archaeological site known as Ostia Antica
Aerial view of Ostia, with the Tiber and its mouth in the background
Ancient Main Road, Ostia Antica
Battle of Ostia 1514–1515, Raphael, Vatican Museums
The neo-baroque church of Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Ostia Lido
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian poet, revolutionary, writer, film director, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influent
Ostia (Rome)
…were built. Ostia experienced rapid population and tourist growth, becoming Rome's seaside resort. Italian intellectual, film director and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini was assassinated near the water aerodrome on 2 November 1975. In 1976, Ostia became part of the X Municipio of the comune of Rome. Nowadays, due to the…
Pasolini in his young years
Pasolini with Federico Fellini in the late 1950s
Pasolini with Prime Minister Aldo Moro at the Venice Film Festival in 1964