Saxa Rubra

Saxa Rubra was a village and station on the Flaminian Way, 9 miles from Rome.

It is now the name of a Rome neighboorhood (and of its Roma Nord railway station) located 9 kilometres north of Rome's center along the Via Flaminia. It is now seat of a major RAI public service broadcaster center. It evidently derived its name from the redness of the tuff rocks, which is still conspicuous in the neighborhood of Prima Porta and Grottarossa (both of which have been identified as the current site of Saxa Rubra -Grottarossa meaning red cave).