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{{Infobox Italian frazione
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'''Acilia''' is a neighborhood and a ''[[frazione]]'' of [[Rome]], [[Italy]], located about half- way between Rome and [[Ostia (Rome)|Ostia]], along the [[Via Ostiense]]. With a population 66,932 in 2008 it is the third largest Italian ''[[frazione]]'' after Ostia and [[Mestre]].
==History==
The name remembers the Roman family of the [[Acilia gens|Acilii]], which during the Roman age owned their estates here.
In the years around [[World War I]] the zone, once plagued by [[malaria]], was reclaimed.
The first modern settlements took place during the 1920s, but only the opening of the ''Via del mare'' and of the railway between Rome and Ostia boosted the development of the area.
In 1940 Italian dictator [[Benito Mussolini]] inaugurated a settlement designed by the engineer [[Dario Pater]]. Here were hosted many inhabitants coming from [[Borgo (rione of Rome)|Borgo]], which had lost their homes because of the demolition of the ''spina''.
Today Acilia belongs to the ''[[X Municipio]]'', the part of Rome that overlooks the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]].
==Transport==
Acilia is served by a railway station on the suburban line [[Rome–Lido railway|Rome-Lido]]. Roman terminal of this line is at [[Roma Porta San Paolo railway station|Roma Porta San Paolo station]], very close to [[Piramide (Rome Metro)|Piramide]] stop ([[Rome Metro]], [[Line B (Rome Metro)|Line B]]) and not too far from the station of [[Roma Ostiense railway station|Roma Ostiense]].
==Education==
There is a public library in Acilia, Sandro Onofri.<ref>"[http://www.comune.roma.it/wps/portal/pcr?jppagecode=biblioteche_centri_specializz.wp Biblioteche ed i Centri specializzati]." City of Rome. Retrieved on 8 September 2012.</ref>
==Notable people==
[[Franco Califano]], singer, songwriter and actor lived in Acilia.
==See also==
* [[Acilia gens]]
* [[Ostia (Rome)|Ostia]]
* [[Ostia Antica]]
==References==
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==External links ==
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* [http://www.comune.roma.it/pcr/it/municipio_xiii.page Official Site of Municipio X]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Rome,+Italy&ll=41.735582,12.360821&spn=0.029754,0.059524&t=h&hl=en Acilia on Google Maps]
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