Centocelle Airport

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Airport type Military

Serves Centocelle, Italy

Coordinates 41°52′21″N 12°33′46″E

Centocelle Airport was an airport situated in Centocelle, a quarter of Rome in Italy. It is also referred to as Rome-Centocelle Airport.

It was the first airport and flight school in Italy, opened on 15 April 1909 when Wilbur Wright came to give a demonstration of his "Flyer" airplane.

During World War 2, in February 1944, after news of the Allies' landing at Anzio, Luftwaffe's 1.Staffel and 2.Staffel, of Nachtschlachtgruppe (NSGr.) were based at Centocelle, from where they attacked Allied units in southern Latium, mostly during moonlit night

Its runway has been closed and converted into a park (Parco di Centocelle), but the grounds remain a base of the Italian Air Force, including active helipads.

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>Parco di Centocelle

Fire in Rome Today an area of a likely TUNNEL from WWII era.

Mussolini had a ton of hidden tunnels and bunkers. Now used by the Vatican I'm sure.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5170995/Mussolinis-10-MILE-bunker-largest-Europe.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/secret-labyrinth-of-tunnels-under-rome-mapped/

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Centocelle Airport

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Airport type Military

Serves Centocelle, Italy

Coordinates 41°52′21″N 12°33′46″E

Centocelle Airport was an airport situated in Centocelle, a quarter of Rome in Italy. It is also referred to as Rome-Centocelle Airport.

It was the first airport and flight school in Italy, opened on 15 April 1909 when Wilbur Wright came to give a demonstration of his "Flyer" airplane.

During World War 2, in February 1944, after news of the Allies' landing at Anzio, Luftwaffe's 1.Staffel and 2.Staffel, of Nachtschlachtgruppe (NSGr.) were based at Centocelle, from where they attacked Allied units in southern Latium, mostly during moonlit night

Its runway has been closed and converted into a park (Parco di Centocelle), but the grounds remain a base of the Italian Air Force, including active helipads.

https://www.livescience.com/39458-underground-tunnels-discovered-hadrian-villa.html

Inside Mussolini’s TWO-MILE bunker which was the largest in Europe and rumoured to have a secret stash of gold buried underneath it

An urban legend says that somewhere under the bunker lies 75 tons of gold bars that had been transferred there from the central Bank of Italy in Rome (the gold has never been found). This sign tells inhabitants of the bunker to stay silent.

More great photos/info here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5170995/Mussolinis-10-MILE-bunker-largest-Europe.html

https://www.livescience.com/41559-rome-quarry-collapse.html

https://www.romewise.com/rome-underground.html

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-tours-of-mussolinis-wartime-bunker.html