Location: Appio Latino
Top Things to do in Appio Latino
Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Appio Latino, Lazio
Rome wasn't built in a day--and you'll need much more than a day to take in this timeless city. The city is a real-life collage of piazzas, open-air markets, and astonishing historic sites. Toss a coin into the Trevi Fountain, contemplate the Colosseum and the Pantheon, and sample a perfect espresso or gelato before spending an afternoon shopping at the Campo de’Fiori or Via Veneto. Enjoy some of the most memorable meals of your life here, too, from fresh pasta to succulent fried artichokes or a tender oxtail stew.
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1. Ninfeo di Egeria
2. Catacombe San Sebastiano
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4.0 based on 728 reviews
A series of underground passages containing the tombs of the early Christians.
Reviewed By ajttx - Katy, United States
Full disclosure, I am biased. My son, who died of leukemia a year ago today was named after St. Sebastian. My wife and daughter and I visited today. That said, just from a historical perspective it was a great site. The Basilica got a bit emotional for us though.
3. Sepolcro Di Annia Regilla
4. Arco Di Druso
5. Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella
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3.5 based on 134 reviews
Il Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella è uno dei luoghi simbolo della Via Appia Antica. Questo monumento funerario costruito fra il 30 e il 10 a.C., che si staglia al III miglio della strada, circa 300 m a sud del complesso di Massenzio, impressiona ancora oggi il viaggiatore per la sua imponenza ed eleganza, che si aggiungono al fascino di essere stato riutilizzato in epoca medievale come torre di un castello ancora perfettamente conservato. La tomba si presenta all’esterno come un alto cilindro rivestito da lastre di travertino, poggiante su un basamento quadrato di cui si conserva per lo più solo il nucleo cementizio in scaglie di selce. All’interno, una camera sepolcrale di forma conica aperta sulla sommità con un oculus,custodiva il corpo di una ricca matrona romana appartenente a una delle famiglie nobili più importanti del tempo e probabilmente nuora del famoso Marco Licinio Crasso, membro con Cesare e Pompeo del I triumvirato nel 59 a.C.
Reviewed By 4is - Barcelona, Spain
The mausoleum of cecilia Metella is on the Appian Way, the "regina viarum" the "queen of long roads" running from Rome to the Southern tip of Italy, built few years BC and still visible there! Side thought: how come that modern roads in particular in Italy collapse in few years and that road after thousands of years is still there and currently used by vehicles of any sort??? Cecilia Metella was a relative of Crassus, the consul who defeated the rebellious slaves and gladiators led by Spartacus (and crucified them on the pines along the Appian Way from Rome down to Capua, 200 km South). And few meters from there there is the church of St Sebastian where the actual arrows (they say) that killed the saint are kept, together with a stone where the imprint of Jesus' feet remained when he met St Peter few hundred meters from there, the famous "Quo Vadis" place. And just below Cecilia's mausoleum you can refresh yourself with a drink or a good meal at a restaurant just in front of it.
6. Villa Lazzaroni
7. Fontana Monumentale
8. Chiesa di San Nicola a Capo di Bove
9. Catacomba dei Santi Gordiano ed Epimaco
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
