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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 Tombs of Via Latina are Roman tombs, mainly from the 2nd century AD, that are found along a short stretch of the old Roman road of Via Latina, on the southeast outskirts of Rome, within the Regional Park. They now constitute an archaeological park and can be visited.
It led from the Porta Latina in the Aurelian walls of Rome to the pass of Mount Algidus; it was important in the early military history of Rome.It must have preceded the Via Appia as a route to Campania, in as much as the Latin colony at Cales was founded in 334 BC and must have been accessible from Rome by road, whereas the Via Appia was made only twenty-two years later.
The Ponte S. Antonio is considered one of the most beautiful bridges of aqueducts supplying Rome. [9] It crosses the Acqua Raminga stream and is named after an ancient sanctuary now disappeared. The central and original nucleus of the bridge was of opus quadratum , of which the imposing central arch stands out, 32 m high and 10 m span.
The ancient tomb was hidden by overgrown plants and overshadowed by nearby ruins. Massive 2,300-year-old stone tomb at park in Italy went overlooked — until now. See it
The Tomb of Priscilla is a monumental tomb erected in the first century in Rome on the Appian Way (Via Appia Antica), situated opposite the Church of Domine Quo Vadis. Name [ edit ]
The structure is found at approximately the VIth mile of the ancient Appian Way. The name comes from the fact that the tomb is round and because a farmhouse (casale) was built on the top in the Middle Ages, when it belonged to the Savelli family and was one of a system of watchtowers along the Appian Way. The mausoleum dates from around 30 B.C.E.