The Porta San Sebastiano is the largest and most well-preserved gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome. Originally built during the third century as the Porta Appia, it marked the beginning of the Appian Way, the vital road leading south from…
Via Appia Antica
Walk along the world's most famous ancient Roman highway, passing massive catacombs, historic tombs, and scenic ruins of the Appian Way.
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1. Porta San Sebastiano
2. Sepolcro di Priscilla
The Tomb of Priscilla sits behind a brick wall, appearing as a mound of earth covered in greenery. Inside this structure, archaeologists found evidence of a funerary chamber that once held the ashes of a woman named Priscilla. She was the…
3. Catacombe di San Callisto
The Catacombe di San Callisto are marked at the surface by two small, three-apsed brick structures known as the Tricore basilicas. Beneath these ruins lies one of the most extensive early Christian burial sites in Rome, consisting of a…
4. Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian are recognized by the Basilica of Saint Sebastian that sits directly above them, a structure featuring a seventeenth-century Baroque facade. This site, located along the Appian Way, originated as a…
5. Mausoleum of Maxentius
The Mausoleum of Maxentius is a massive, circular brick structure that sits alongside the ancient Appian Way. It is recognizable by the way a later brick farmhouse, once belonging to the Torlonia family, partially obscures the tomb’s…
6. Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella
The Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella rises as a massive, circular drum of travertine stone, sitting atop a square base near the third milestone of the Appian Way. Built toward the end of the first century before Christ, this tomb honors a…
7. Capo di Bove
Capo di Bove is an archaeological site defined by the expansive, subterranean remains of a second-century Roman thermal bath complex. You can identify the property by its quiet garden and two main buildings—a farmhouse converted into a…
8. Tomb of Hilarus Fuscus
The Tomb of Hilarus Fuscus is a funerary monument situated along the Via Appia Antica, near the fourth milestone of the ancient road. Built around thirty BCE during the transition from the Roman Republic to the Imperial age, the structure…
9. Il cd "Tumulo degli Orazi"
The Tumulo degli Orazi consists of three circular mounds of earth and stone situated along the Appian Way. They occupy a position where the road curves to bypass the remains of the ancient Cluilian Trench, which historically marked the…
10. Casal Rotondo
Casal Rotondo is the largest circular mausoleum along the ancient Appian Way. Standing at the sixth mile of this historic road, the monument is easily recognized by the small medieval farmhouse constructed directly onto its peak, which…