Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense
Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on the Ostian Way
Basilica dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense
East façade
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41°50′01″N 12°27′33″E / 41.8337°N 12.4593°E / 41.8337; 12.4593
LocationPiazzale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo 8, Rome
CountryItaly
Language(s)Italian
DenominationCatholic
TraditionRoman Rite
Religious orderOrder of Friars Minor Conventual
Websitesantipietroepaoloroma.it
History
Statustitular church, minor basilica
Founded1939
DedicationSaint Peter and Paul the Apostle
Architecture
Architect(s)Arnaldo Foschini
Architectural typeSimplified Neoclassicism
Completed1955
Administration
DioceseRome

The basilica of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense is one of the titular churches in Rome, to which Cardinal-Priests are appointed. It is a modern building at Piazzale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo 8 in EUR (Esposizione Universale Roma). It is at the west end of the Viale Europa, the last two blocks of which is a monumental approach reserved for pedestrians and paved with polychrome marble.