City: Lazio
Top Things to do in Lazio
Top 10 Cemeteries in Lazio, Italy
Lazio (UK: /ˈlætsioʊ/, US: /ˈlɑːtsioʊ/; Italian: [ˈlatsjo]; Latin: Latium) is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the central peninsular section of the country, it has almost 5.9 million inhabitants – making it the second most populated region of Italy (after Lombardy and just a little ahead of Campania) – and its GDP of more than 170 billion euros per annum means that it has the nation's second largest regional economy. The capital of Lazio is Rome, which is also Italy's capital and the country's largest city.
Restaurants in Lazio
1. Cimitero Comunale
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Sicily Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
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5.0 based on 432 reviews
Reviewed By PasssionateTraveler - Payson, United States
Every American should visit this cemetery when in the area or even make a special trip to see it! The American Battlefield Commission does a wonderful job of maintaining this cemetery. There’s a 7 minute video everyone should see. Learn things like: Two Medal of Honor Recipients 30 sets of brothers 29 Tuskegee Airmen Aircrew members buried together who died on the same day 7,856 service members buried here 490 unknown burials Beautifully manicured and maintained, and a great tribute to those who gave their all.
3. Catacombe SS. Marcellino e Pietro - Mausoleo di S. Elena
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5.0 based on 127 reviews
Excavated below this location between the 3rd and 5th centuries CE, the Catacombs of the SS. Marcellino and Pietro house many tombs of very rich Christians who have left us wuonderful frescoes recently restored to their original splendor through laser technology. With its 18,000 square meters of galleries and chambers at about 16 meters below ground level, these catacombs represent an authentic tresure trove of Subterranean Christian Rome.
4. Vatican Necropolis
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4.5 based on 858 reviews
When Pius XII ordered a thorough excavation of the area under the High Altar in St. Peter's Basilica, twisting stone passages were found leading to an ancient Roman necropolis, which contained chambers 10- to 15-feet wide with preserved frescoes and mosaics.
Reviewed By MandySSS - Minneapolis, United States
A truly one of a kid tour. The Necropolis was where Christians buried their own before Roman rulers converted and actually persecuted the Christians. Apostle Peters bones are here where they guide claims thee is a 95 % chance they are his. Truly a amazing site whether you are a Christian or not!! No pictures allowed and a sacred place so dress appropriately and bring a small flashlight if possible. Also must make reservations through the Scavi Office of the Vatican.
5. Catacombs of Saint Callixtus
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4.5 based on 1,801 reviews
Official underground cemetery of the Church of Rome in the 3rd century AD. Around half a million Christians were buried here, among them many martyrs and 16 popes. They are named after the deacon St. Callixtus who, at the beginning of the 3rd century AD, was assigned by Pope Zephyrinus to the administration of the cemetery. Since 1930 they have been entrusted to the custody of the Salesians of Don Bosco.
Reviewed By enjoyos - Munich, Germany
Very nice tour guide, impressive catacombs, interesting history! Only a handful of tourists because of Covid-19.
6. Campo della Memoria
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
7. Colombario di Pomponio Hylas
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4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By CarolnRobb - New York City, United States
We had read about this unusual burial crypt and realized it was difficult to arrange. We contacted our guide Silvia Prosperi and she was about to obtain the permit and arrange for the appoint with the Parks Department representative to open it. We learned there are many sights like this that can only be opened by appointment.
8. Mausoleo delle Fosse Ardeatine
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4.5 based on 217 reviews
Reviewed By Passport770189
Another German atrocity for all the world to see, this time perpetrated against its former ally, Italy, whose foolish dictator Mussolini ignored his Fascist colleagues' advice to stay out of Germany's war and away from Hitler. Read up on the Italian partisans' Via Rasella attack on German troops occupying Rome that led Hitler to order the massacre in Robert Katz's "Death in Rome," which also details the massacre itself. Via Rasella is near the Spanish Steps, and also worth seeing to get a feel for what went on. Better yet, visit Rome's Museo Storico della Liberazione, located on Via Tasso in the former Gestapo HQ, to get a real feeling of how brutally savagely and treacherously Germany treated its former friend. Then, your visit to the caves will be a much more informed, and rightly indignant and emotional one.
9. Cimitero Acattolico per Stranieri
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4.5 based on 741 reviews
Reviewed By Margo7850p
What a wonderful place to visit. Few tourists visiting Rome reach one of the most interesting and suggestive places, which is the non-Catholic cemetery near the Pyramid of Cestius.Tourists from around the world are looking for the grave of John Keats, who died in Rome at the age of 26 in 1821. His name is not on the tombstone; only the words 'young English poet' appear. An epitaph was also engraved: "Here lies the one whose name is written on the water." There is also often visited by the Romans and tourists the tomb of the second poet of English Romantic Percy Bysshe Shelley. You can also see the tombstone of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's son, August. The stone has the inscription: "Goethe filius". A very special cemetery in the heart of Rome.
10. Catacombe di Santa Domitilla
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4.5 based on 422 reviews
Reviewed By lady_britts - Bexley, United Kingdom
I must say that when we saw that this was on the purple route on our Big Bus tour, I was initially reluctant. But this place is fascinating and incredibly interesting. The tour starts with you walking downstairs under the gift shop & you suddenly find yourself in a church, that is underground. After lighting a candle & thinking of my family in the semi-underground basilica we ventured on to a section of the 17 km of galleries and corridors that are set over four different levels that are the catacombs. Having held over 150,000 burials, this is a very tightly packed underground cemetery, with many twists and turns. Thankfully you're following a tour guide, as it would be very easy to get hopelessly lost down there & end up starring in your very own horror film. Having said that, it's not even remotely creepy but it is dark and if you're claustrophobic, this is not the place for you. It's a fascinating and a very impressive place where you can also see the earliest examples of Christian art dating back to the late 2nd century. Do remember that the catacombs are set 16 metres underground, so it's chilly down there - unless it's the summer then it'll be the best place to be! Highly recommended.
