Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport is the main international airport of Rome, on the coast about thirty kilometers southwest of the city. It was opened in the early 1960s, in time for the Rome Olympic Games, and replaced Ciampino as the principal airport for intercontinental flights. It has since been expanded with several terminals and is the largest airport in Italy and the hub of Alitalia, and later of ITA Airways. The airport is named after the Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci. A rail link connects it to the center of Rome.
Before and after
- 30 May 1960Death of Boris Pasternak
- from June 1960 to November 1966Congo Crisis
- 30 June 1960The Congo becomes independent from Belgium
- 11 July 1960Publication of To Kill a Mockingbird
- 20 August 1960Construction of Roma Fiumicino Airport
- 14 September 1960Founding of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- from 18 September 1960 to 25 September 1960The first Paralympic Games open in Rome
- from 30 September 1960 to 1 April 1966Premiere of The Flintstones
- 30 October 1960Birth of Diego Maradona
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1949Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
- c. 1950sRise of pop art
- 1955Publication of Guinness World Records
- from 31 March 1997 to 11 November 2022Premiere of Teletubbies
- 2003Construction of Three Gorges Dam
- 2004Construction of Cam Ranh International Airport
The era
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