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Tomb of the Valerii. The park extends for a short distance of 450 meters. In addition to the tombs, part of the original basalt surface of the Via Latina is also visible. The tombs are very well preserved. Among the most notable is the Barberini tomb (Italian: Sepolcro Barberini), named after the former landowners.
The Via Dino Compagni Hypogeum or Via Latina Catacomb is an underground cemetery on via Dino Compagni in Rome, near via Latina, in the Appio-Latino quartiere. Built in late antiquity but appearing in no ancient sources, it is now privately-run.
The idea of a great archaeological park between the Roman Forum and the Alban Hills dates back to Napoleonic times. Following initial restoration work on one tomb by Antonio Canova in 1807 and 1808 and subsequent restoration in the area of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella by Giuseppe Valadier, it was Pope Pius IX who took the first major steps to organize the archaeological ruins of the Appian Way ...
The Catacombs of Via Latina, compared to other Roman catacombs, were recently discovered. The artwork within the catacombs is from the Medieval period. The art in the tomb is dated back to the 4th century. These particular catacombs in Rome, Italy, depict images of both pagan and Christian artwork. It is unknown whether this tomb belonged to a ...
A 4th-century arcosolium in the hypogeum of Via Dino Compagni (Via Latina Catacomb), Rome. The figure of the frescoes is the goddess Tellus, after whom this tomb is named. The 15th-century arcosolium of the doncel Martín Vázquez de Arce, in the Sigüenza Cathedral, Spain. Like most post-Roman era arcosolia, it is aboveground.
For this stretch of the road, the builders used the Via Latina. The building of the Aurelian Wall centuries later required the placing of another gate, the Porta Appia. Outside of Rome the new Via Appia went through well-to-do suburbs along the Via Norba, the ancient track to the Alban hills, where Norba was situated. The road at the time was a ...
The Catacomb of Apronianus or Catacomb of Via Latina is a catacomb in Rome, located on Via Cesare Correnti, near Via Latina, in the modern district of Appio-Latino, ...
The Tomb of Priscilla is a monumental tomb erected in the first century in Rome on ... Tombs of Via Latina: Landmarks of Rome Tomb of Priscilla Succeeded by Vigna ...