This collection gathers archaeological sites open to the public, with remains of buildings, roads, necropolises, and excavation areas. It suits readers who want to visit ancient ruins and understand how urban and productive spaces were organized, often with the help of panels and guided routes.
Places: Archaeological site (120)
Abbazia di Santa Maria di FalleriThe Abbey of Santa Maria di Falleri is not private and is not open every day: the church belongs to the Municipality of Fabrica di Roma, which open…- Accessible Rome: Museums, Transport and Routes for People with Mobility DifficultiesRome is a city you can visit in a wheelchair, but not everywhere and not without precise information: the sampietrini paving of the historic center…
- Ancient City of Sutri Regional Natural ParkAncient City of Sutri Regional Natural Park - SR2, 01015 Sutri VT, Italy
- Ancient Roman Festivals: The Calendar and the PlacesIn the painted calendars that the Romans posted in the forums, the days marked as public feriae number more than a hundred, and with the cycles of…
- Ansedonia (GR)Ansedonia (GR) -
- Antica Norba (LT)Antica Norba (LT) - Archaeological Trail, Circonvallazione Antica Norba, 04010 Norma LT
- Antiquarium of the Celian HillThe Antiquarium of the Celian Hill is closed to the public. The building of the municipal Antiquarium, on the side of the hill that looks onto Via…
- Aqua Virgo aqueductAqua Virgo, the last Roman aqueduct still working.
The Aqua Virgo (Acqua "Vergine") dates to 19 BC and was the sixth of the 11 ancient Roman aquedu…
- Aquino (FR)Aquino is in the province of Frosinone, in the Liri Valley, about 130 kilometers southeast of Rome and less than 20 kilometers from Cassino. The me…
- Arch of Septimius SeverusThe Arch of Septimius Severus closes off the Roman Forum on the Capitoline side, at the northwest corner of the forum square. It was dedicated in A…
- Arch of TitusThe Arch of Titus closes the Roman Forum on the Colosseum side, at the top of the Velia ascent, at the point where Via Sacra reached its highest el…
- Arcinazzo RomanoArcinazzo Romano is a municipality of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital at about 850 meters of elevation, with just over 1,200 residents, barel…
- Artena (RM)Artena occupies the northern slope of the Monti Lepini about 30 kilometers from Rome, with the town hall in Piazza della Vittoria and the built-up…
- Banditaccia Necropolis – Ancient Caere: Etruscan Necropolis of CerveteriThe “Banditaccia Necropolis” in Cerveteri is the main burial area of the ancient Etruscan city of Caere (400 hectares) and one of the most evocativ…
- Barberini MithraeumThe Barberini Mithraeum is one of the best-preserved Mithraic sanctuaries in Rome and, together with the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca on the Aventine,…
- Basilica of MaxentiusThe Basilica of Maxentius, more properly that of Constantine, is the last and largest civil basilica in the monumental center of Rome, once located…
- Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the WallsBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - Piazzale San Paolo, 1, 00146 Roma RM
- Basilica of Santa Maria MaggioreThe Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the four papal basilicas, stands on top of the Esquiline Hill and is the only one to have preserved it…
- Baths of CaracallaThe Baths of Caracalla are an incredible place to visit or experience during one of the exciting concerts and shows of Estate Romana. Tickets here…
- Baths of Diocletian – National Roman MuseumBaths of Diocletian - National Roman Museum - Viale Enrico de Nicola, 78, 00185 Rome RM, Italy
- Canale Monterano (RM)Canale Monterano can be reached in a little under an hour from the Grande Raccordo Anulare: the town hall is at Piazza del Campo 9, at 378 meters a…
- Capo di Bove (RM)Capo di Bove is an archaeological site on the Appian Way, on the outskirts of Rome, that contains the baths of a vast estate which in the 2nd centu…
- Castel d’AssoCastel d’Asso is the easiest Etruscan rock-cut necropolis to reach in the whole Tuscia: nine kilometers from Viterbo, a paved road up to a dirt par…
- Castrense AmphitheaterThe Castrense Amphitheater stands in Piazza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, attached to the basilica and walled into the Aurelian Walls. From outsid…
- Castro dei Volsci (FR)Castro dei Volsci is a municipality of about 4,300 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone, at an elevation of 384 meters, on the last spur of the…
- Cat Sanctuary at Largo ArgentinaCat Sanctuary at Largo Argentina - Largo di Torre Argentina corner of Largo Arenula (archaeological excavations) 00186 Rome
- Celleno (VT)The ghost village of Celleno (VT) occupies a tuff spur 341 meters above sea level, in the Teverina area of Viterbo, about a kilometer and a half fr…
- CentocelleCentocelle is visited without a ticket. The Centocelle Archaeological Park, along Via Casilina between Via di Centocelle and Viale Palmiro Togliatt…
- Cerveteri (RM)Cerveteri is a little over half an hour from Rome by car: 42 kilometers along the Aurelia or the Rome-Civitavecchia highway, exit Cerveteri-Ladispo…
- Church of Santa Francesca RomanaThe Church of Santa Francesca Romana looks onto the Roman Forum from the eastern flank of the archaeological area, a few meters from the Basilica o…
- Church of Santa Maria AntiquaThe church of Santa Maria Antiqua is one of the oldest Catholic places of worship dedicated to the Madonna, in the 6th century, in a group of Domit…
- Circo Variano e SessoriumBetween the basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme and Porta Maggiore, in a sector of Rome that almost no tourist itinerary crosses, hides one of t…
- Colle Oppio and the Baths of TrajanColle Oppio is a public park of 11 hectares above the Colosseum, and under that lawn there are three different things that almost everyone confuses…
- ColosseumKeep in mind that visiting the Colosseum + Forums (as well as the Vatican Museums) takes at least three and a half hours. Buy your skip-the-line ti…
- Curia IuliaThe Curia Iulia is the chamber of the Roman Senate, the brick parallelepiped that closes the northern side of the Roman Forum, a few meters from th…
- Domenica al Museo: every first Sunday of the month, free admission to state archaeological parksEvery first Sunday of the month the museums, archaeological parks, galleries, archives and libraries of the Italian State open without a ticket: th…
- Domus AureaDomus Aurea: inside the splendid Oppian Hill Park you'll find the entrance to the luxurious residence of the emperor Nero
- Domus Romane di Palazzo ValentiniThe Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini are a fascinating underground route through Imperial Rome, a true nerve center of the Urbe's cultural and pol…
- Domus Transitoria and Neronian CryptoporticusThe Domus Transitoria can't be visited today. On the official website of the Colosseum Archaeological Park, the monument's page carries the words T…
- Fabrica di Roma (VT)Fabrica di Roma is a town in Viterbo Province at the foot of the Cimini Mountains, a short distance from Lake Vico and about an hour by car from th…
- Falerii NoviFalerii Novi is a Roman city left under a field, with its circuit of walls still standing and a medieval abbey church planted inside. It is in the…
- Forum BoariumForum Boarium - Via della Greca, 00186 Rome RM
- Free Museums in RomeGetting into Rome's museums for free isn't a stroke of luck: it's a system, and it pays to know it before you buy any ticket. There are four ways i…
- GabiiThe Gabii Archaeological Park, on via Prenestina Nuova at kilometer 19.300, 00132 Rome, is ordinarily closed to the public and can be visited only…
- Gianola and Monte di Scauri Park (Riviera di Ulisse)The Gianola and Monte di Scauri regional park is a protected natural area of 309 hectares located in the far south of Lazio.
- Grotte di Castro (VT)Grotte di Castro is a town of about 2,400 residents in the province of Viterbo, 467 meters above sea level on the northern rim of the Vulsini calde…
- Hadrian’s Villa in PalestrinaHadrian's Villa in Palestrina - SP20a, 90, 00036 Palestrina RM
- Hadrian’s Villa in TivoliHadrian's Villa in Tivoli - Largo Marguerite Yourcenar, 1, 00010 Tivoli RM
- Horace’s VillaHorace's Villa is located in the valley of the Licenza stream, in the municipality of Licenza (RM), and is a state archaeological area entrusted to…
- House of Augustus and House of LiviaWhere the House of Augustus and the House of Livia are and how to get there The two houses are on the southwestern flank of the Palatine, in the up…
- Imperial Ports of Claudius and TrajanThe Port of Trajan is the hexagonal basin you see from the window 30 seconds before landing at Fiumicino, and almost none of the passengers who loo…
- Insula of the Ara CoeliThe Insula of the Ara Coeli is the Roman rental apartment building that can be seen set into the embankment to the left of the staircase of Santa M…
- Ischia di CastroIschia di Castro can be visited freely, on foot, on any day. The fixed point is the Pietro and Turiddo Lotti Civic Archaeological Museum, at Piazza…
- L’Aquila (AQ)L’Aquila (AQ) is the capital of Abruzzo and sits at an elevation of 721 meters, on the plateau that the Aterno River cuts from north to south, with…
- Lanuvio (RM)Lanuvio is 33 kilometers southeast of Rome, on the southern slope of the Alban Hills, inside the boundaries of the Castelli Romani Regional Park. T…
- Lapis NigerThe Lapis Niger is the square of black marble slabs that you see in the Roman Forum, a few meters from the facade of the Curia Iulia and almost in…
- Largo Torre Argentina – Sacred Area of Campo MarzioLargo Torre Argentina - Sacred Area of Campo Marzio - Largo di Torre Argentina, 00186 Roma RM
- Leaning Tower of RomeLeaning Tower of Rome - Salita del Grillo, 37, 00187 Rome RM
- Ludus MagnusThe Ludus Magnus is the largest of the gladiator barracks-schools of ancient Rome, and the only one of which anything visible remains: it stands 20…
- Mausoleum of Saint Helena and Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and PeterThe Mausoleum of Saint Helena and the Catacombs of Saints Marcellinus and Peter make up, at number 641 Via Casilina, the most imposing Constantinia…
- Mausoleum of the GordiansMausoleum of the Gordians: Visible from outside inside Villa Gordiani archaeological park, along Via Prenestina.
- Minturno (LT)Minturno (LT) is a town in southern Lazio, at the southern tip of the province of Latina, set on the coastal foothills of the Aurunci Mountains as…
- Mithraeum of the Circus MaximusThe Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus can only be visited by reservation at the number 060608, costs €4.00 for a full ticket, and the guided tour is…
- Mitreo di MarinoThe Mitreo di Marino is at Via Borgo Stazione 12, in Marino (RM), inside a Roman cistern dug into the tuff under the town, and it can be visited on…
- Montalto di Castro (VT)Montalto di Castro, about an hour and a half from Rome, is a small municipality with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a jewel of the Tuscia in Lazio,…
- Monte dei Cocci, Monte TestaccioMonte dei Cocci can be visited only by reservation, groups with their own guide and individuals on the dates in the calendar: the number is the sin…
- Monterano Ghost TownAntica Monterano is reached from Canale Monterano, in the province of Rome: the town hall is at Piazza del Campo 9, the operations office of the Mo…
- Monterozzi Necropolis of TarquiniaThe Monterozzi Necropolis is the place where you can see the most important ancient painting of the western Mediterranean, and almost nobody in Rom…
- Museo diffuso del rione TestaccioMuseo diffuso del rione Testaccio - Via Rubattino, 38, 00153 Rome RM, Italy
- Necropolis of Porto at Isola SacraThe Necropolis of Porto at Isola Sacra is the cemetery of the common people of Portus. It is at Via Monte Spinoncia 52 in Fiumicino, opens Tuesday…
- Ninfeo degli AnnibaldiHidden and unexpected, a small entrance to a magical place sits along Via degli Annibaldi: the Ninfeo degli Annibaldi, dating to the time of August…
- NorchiaNorchia can be visited freely, on foot, with no ticket and no hours, but in practice you reach it only by car and you walk in a gorge where the pat…
- Norma (LT)Norma is a comune in the province of Latina, in the Monti Lepini, about 80 kilometers from Rome and an hour and a half by car from the Grande Racco…
- Octagonal Hall of the Baths of Diocletian – National Roman MuseumThe Octagonal Hall is a fragment of the ancient complex of the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, built between 298 and 306 AD by Maximian.
- One Week in Rome: A Seven-Day ItinerarySeven days in Rome is the first travel format in which the city stops being a list of monuments and starts to look like a place where people live.…
- Ostia AnticaOstia Antica is one of the largest archaeological sites in the world, a short walk from the center of Rome, in the southwest area of the capital, s…
- Palatine HillThe Palatine Hill is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, one of the oldest parts of the city! Today it is a large open-air museum that can be visited d…
- Palestrina (RM)Palestrina is 37 kilometers from Rome, on the slopes of Monte Ginestro, and its monumental center has a precise address: Piazza della Cortina, 0003…
- Piazza NavonaPiazza Navona - Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome RM
- Porta Alchemica of Piazza VittorioPorta Alchemica of Piazza Vittorio - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 00185 Rome RM
- Portico of OctaviaThe Portico of Octavia is the monumental enclosure that Augustus had rebuilt in the southern Campus Martius and dedicated to his sister Octavia, on…
- Priverno (LT)Priverno (LT) - Priverno (LT)
- Privernum Archaeological ParkPrivernum Archaeological Park - Strada Regionale 609 Carpinetana, 04015 Priverno LT, Italy
- Pyramid of CestiusPhoto: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tip_of_Pyramid_of_Caius_Cestius.jpg…
- Pyrgi and the Sanctuary of LeucotheaPyrgi is the archaeological area that extends next to the castle of Santa Severa, on the coast of Santa Marinella, and corresponds to the port of t…
- Rione Monti: What to See in the Neighborhood Between the Colosseum and Santa Maria MaggioreRione Monti is Rome's rione I, the first on the official list and the largest of the 22: it takes up the strip of the city between the Colosseum an…
- Rione Ripa: What to SeeRione Ripa, the 12th of Rome's historic rioni, is explored on foot and almost all of it is free: streets, squares, viewpoints, city gardens and chu…
- Rione Sant’Angelo: What to SeeRione Sant'Angelo, Rome's Rione XI, is public, open space: the streets, the Portico d'Ottavia at Via del Portico d'Ottavia 29 and the Turtle Founta…
- Riviera di UlisseRiviera di Ulisse - Via della Breccia, 5, 04024 Gaeta LT, Italy
- Roccasecca (FR)Roccasecca is in the province of Frosinone, in Ciociaria, about 130 km from Rome, which can be covered in an hour and a half on the A1 motorway (Ca…
- Roman ForumThe Roman Forum stretches across the valley between the Capitoline Hill, the Palatine and the Velia, and for almost a millennium it was the politic…
- Roman Houses of the Celian HillRoman Houses of the Celian Hill - Clivo di Scauro, 00184 Rome
- Roman Theater of FerentinoRoman Theater of Ferentino - Via Porta Sanguinaria, 03013 Ferentino FR, Italy
- Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in PalestrinaSanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina, Piazza dell Cortina, 00036 Palestrina RM, Italy
- Sanctuary of Hercules VictorThe Sanctuary of Hercules Victor is in Tivoli, at Via degli Stabilimenti 5, on the ridge that drops toward the Aniene just outside the walls of the…
- Sanctuary of Juno Sospita in LanuvioThe Sanctuary of Juno Sospita in Lanuvio was the main center of worship of the Goddess Juno
- Santa Severa CastleSanta Severa Castle, just over an hour from Rome, is a fascinating 14th century castle in the Santa Severa district of the municipality of Santa Ma…
- Satrico – Ancient City of Satricum – AcropolisSatrico, that is, the ancient city of Satricum, appears among the 18 Latin cities founded by Silvius, son of Aeneas.
- Segni (RM)Segni sits at 668 meters above sea level on the north slope of the Monti Lepini, in the metropolitan city of Rome Capital, about 60 kilometers sout…
- Servian WallsYou can see the Servian Walls from the street, for free, with no ticket and no opening hours: the longest section is in front of Termini Station, o…
- Sperlonga (LT)Sperlonga (LT) - Sperlonga 04029 LT
- Stadium of Domitian – Piazza Navona UndergroundStadium of Domitian - Piazza Navona Underground - Via di Tor Sanguigna, 3, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- State Museums of RomeState museums in Rome means something specific: the museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological areas that belong to the Italian State and tha…
- Stimmate Archaeological AreaStimmate Archaeological Area - Via delle Stimmate, 15, 00049 Velletri RM, Italy
- Supino (FR)Supino (FR) is a town of about 4,600 inhabitants on the eastern slope of the Monti Lepini, at the foot of Monte Gemma (1,457 meters), overlooking t…
- Sutri (VT)Sutri (VT) is about 50 kilometers north of Rome, in Viterbo Province, perched on a tuff spur that overlooks Via Cassia just before Lake Vico. The c…
- Synagogue of Ostia AnticaThe Synagogue of Ostia Antica is inside the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica, an institute of the Ministry of Culture with its entrance at Viale…
- Tarquinia (VT)Tarquinia is in the Viterbo Province, about 82 kilometers from Rome. You can drive there by following via Aurelia to the junction for the Strada Pr…
- Temple of Antoninus and FaustinaThe Temple of Antoninus and Faustina stands on the northern side of the Roman Forum, along Via Sacra, between the Basilica Aemilia and the Temple o…
- Temple of Hercules VictorThe Temple of Hercules Victor is the round temple you see at Piazza Bocca della Verità, inside the archaeological area of the Forum Boarium, about…
- Temple of SaturnThe Temple of Saturn is the building with the eight columns that closes the western side of the square of the Roman Forum, at the foot of the Campi…
- Terme di CotiliaTerme di Cotilia are closed. The facility, Parco Cotilia Terme, is on Via Salaria at kilometer 102, in Castel Sant’Angelo, in the province of Rieti…
- Terme di VicarelloTerme di Vicarello are closed and you can't go in: the spa complex of the ancient Aquae Apollinares, on Via Settevene Palo, on the road to Trevigna…
- Terme Taurine and FiconcellaTerme Taurine and the Ficoncella are on provincial road 7b, which climbs from Civitavecchia toward Tolfa, four or five kilometers from the center,…
- The Rostra of the Roman ForumThe Rostra of the Roman Forum are the platform from which orators spoke to the people of Rome. The name comes from the rostra, the bronze rams of t…
- Tivoli (RM)Tivoli is 30 kilometers from Rome, east of the city, on the last spur of the Monti Tiburtini where the Aniene plunges into the valley. By car, take…
- Tombs of Via Latina (Barberini, Valerii, Pancratii)Tombs of Via Latina: Temporarily closed for PNRR restoration work, available through a virtual tour on MUVI Appia.
- Torre AsturaTorre Astura - SP39, 2891-2875, 04100 Astura LT
- Torri in Sabina (RI)Torri in Sabina is in the province of Rieti, at 275 meters above sea level, on a ridge of the Montagnola that overlooks the valley of the Aia strea…
- Trajan’s ColumnTrajan's Column rises almost 40 meters at the northern end of Trajan's Forum, a few steps from Piazza Venezia, wedged between the side of the Traja…
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