This collection covers archaeological sites, archaeological parks, and museums with finds, remains of settlements, and ancient monuments. It suits readers studying ancient history, planning visits to ruins and excavations, or wanting to understand how a region was settled over time.
Places: Archaeology (120)
A Weekend in Rome: What to See in Two DaysA weekend in Rome is, in practice, two full days and two half evenings: if you arrive on Friday evening and leave on Sunday evening you have about…- 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…
- Adrian Ghenie. Capricci romani at Palazzo Poli, September 25 to November 15, 2026Adrian Ghenie. Capricci romani is the exhibition of previously unseen works on paper by the Romanian painter Adrian Ghenie, open from September 25…
- AEGYPTUS. Dal Nilo al Mediterraneo at the Baths of Diocletian, through November 15, 2026AEGYPTUS. Dal Nilo al Mediterraneo. Oasi e deserto in epoca romana is open from July 4 to November 15, 2026 in Museo dell'Arte Salvata, inside the…
- Alatri (FR)Alatri (FR) - Via del Duomo, 31, 03011 Alatri FR
- Albano Laziale (RM)Albano Laziale is in the province of Rome, in the Alban Hills, just under 25 kilometers from the center of the capital along Via Appia (State Road…
- 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…
- Antonio Canova’s Studio and HouseAntonio Canova's Studio and House occupies the corner between Via delle Colonnette and Via Antonio Canova, in the Campo Marzio rione, a few dozen m…
- Anzio (RM)Anzio (RM) - Via Fanciulla d’Anzio, 00042 Anzio RM
- Appia RugbyAppia Rugby
Viale Appio Claudio, 113
Roma
Amateur sports association committed to spreading the fundamental principles of s…
- Appian Way ParkThe Appian Way Park is the largest urban park in Europe and is a protected natural area of about 4,580 hectares established in 1988 by the Lazio Re…
- 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…
- Aqueducts ParkAqueducts Park - Via Lemonia, 221, 00174 Rome RM, Italy
- 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…
- Ara PacisThe Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of the Peace of Augustus) is an altar built by Augustus in 9 B.C. to Peace, in the sense of a deity.
- Arch of ConstantineArch of Constantine - Via di San Gregorio, 00186 Rome RM
- Arch of DolabellaThe Arch of Dolabella is on Via di San Paolo della Croce, on the Caelian, and you look at it from the street: free entry, no ticket, no booking, no…
- Arch of DrususThe Arch of Drusus is on Via di Porta San Sebastiano, at the start of Via Appia Antica, a few meters inside Porta San Sebastiano, and you look at i…
- Arch of GallienusThe Arch of Gallienus stands on Via di San Vito, on the Esquiline, and is viewed from the street: free, with no ticket, no reservation and no openi…
- Arch of JanusThe Arch of Janus stands in the Foro Boario, the open flat by the Tiber where in antiquity Rome's cattle market stood, a few steps from Santa Maria…
- 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 the ArgentariiThe Arch of the Argentarii stands on Via del Velabro, leaning against the left side of the church of San Giorgio al Velabro, about 100 meters from…
- 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…
- Archaeological Museum of FrosinoneArchaeological Museum of Frosinone - Via XX Settembre, 32, 03100 Frosinone FR, Italy
- 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…
- Atina (FR)Atina is in the province of Frosinone, in the Valle di Comino, about 490 meters above sea level and a little under two hours by car from Rome: you…
- Aurelian WallsThe Aurelian Walls are the city walls built in Rome between 270 and 275 by Aurelian to defend the Capital from the Alemanni, who had invaded Italy.
- 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…
- Barbarano Romano (VT)You reach Barbarano Romano (VT) by car along Via Cassia and then on the provincial roads of the lower Tuscia, or by Cotral buses, which connect the…
- 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 NeptuneThe Basilica of Neptune (Latin: basilica Neptuni) is a basilica built in Rome by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in honor of the sea god Neptune, to celeb…
- Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the WallsBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls - Piazzale San Paolo, 1, 00146 Roma RM
- Basilica of Saints Cosmas and DamianThe Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian faces onto Via dei Fori Imperiali at the level of the Roman Forum, and it is one of the few churches in Ro…
- Basilica of Saints John and Paul on the Caelian HillThe Basilica of Saints John and Paul is a minor basilica, a Catholic place of worship in Rome that hides the famous Roman houses of the Caelian Hill.
- Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’IsolaThe Basilica of San Bartolomeo all’Isola stands on the Tiber Island, in the Ripa district, and is the only monumental church in Rome built in the m…
- Basilica of San CrisogonoThe Basilica of San Crisogono is at Piazza Sidney Sonnino 44, at the start of Viale di Trastevere, at the point where the neighborhood stops being…
- Basilica of San Nicola in CarcereThe Basilica of San Nicola in Carcere is on Via del Teatro di Marcello, in the Sant'Angelo district, a stone's throw from the Theater of Marcellus,…
- Basilica of San SabaThe Basilica of San Saba stands on the Little Aventine, the small hill that splits off from the greater Aventine and slopes down toward the Aurelia…
- Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le muraVia Appia Antica 136, Ardeatino neighborhood, third mile of the Regina Viarum: the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le mura can be visited for free…
- Basilica of Santa Cecilia in TrastevereThe Basilica of Santa Cecilia is a Catholic place of worship in the Trastevere district, outside the Historic Center of Rome, located at Piazza di…
- Basilica of Santa Maria in Via LataThe Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata faces Via del Corso, at number 306, wedged between the bulk of Palazzo Doria Pamphilj and the continuous fl…
- 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…
- Basilica of Santa Prisca and MithraeumThe Basilica of Santa Prisca and Mithraeum occupies a quiet corner of the Aventine, on a small tree-lined square a few hundred meters from the Circ…
- 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
- Birthday of Rome: April 21 and How It Is CelebratedRome's Birthday is celebrated on April 21 and commemorates the founding of the city, which ancient tradition fixes at 753 BC: in 2026 the occasion…
- Caelian HillThe Celio is the hill where the noise of the Colosseum suddenly stops. Climb 200 meters up from Piazza del Colosseo and you find yourself on a stre…
- Caffarella ParkCaffarella Park - Via della Caffarella
- 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…
- CaninoCanino is a comune in the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio Maremma, and the town can be walked freely, with no tickets and no reservation. The tow…
- Capitoline MuseumsCapitoline Museums - Piazza del Campidoglio, 1, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- 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…
- Cappella OrsiniCappella Orsini
Via di Grotta Pinta, 21
Roma
Cocktails and DJ sets in the former Church of Santa Maria in Grotta Pinta, bet…
- Casa dei Cavalieri di RodiCasa dei Cavalieri di Rodi is one of the most unusual buildings in the center of Rome: a 15th-century palace built over the ruins of the Forum of A…
- Casa della Cultura di Villa De SanctisCasa della Cultura di Villa De Sanctis
Via Casilina , 665
Roma
- 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…
- Castel Sant'AngeloCastel Sant'Angelo (or Mole Adrianorum or Castellum Crescentii in the 10th-12th centuries), also known as the Mausoleum of Hadrian, is located on t…
- 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
- Catacombs of CommodillaThe Catacombs of Commodilla are catacombs in Rome, located on Via delle Sette Chiese, not far from Via Ostiense, behind the Basilica of St. Paul Ou…
- Catacombs of DomitillaThe Catacombs of Domitilla are on Via delle Sette Chiese, in the quadrant that separates Garbatella from the Appian Way Park, and are the most exte…
- Catacombs of GenerosaThe Catacombs of Generosa are a Roman catacomb located on Via delle Catacombe di Generosa, near an important bend of the Tiber River on the right b…
- Catacombs of PretestatoYou don't visit the Catacombs of Pretestato by showing up at the gate: they are an underground Christian cemetery at via Appia Pignatelli 11, run b…
- Catacombs of RomeThe Catacombs of Rome are the ancient underground burial areas dug by the Christian and Jewish communities on the outskirts of the city, starting f…
- Catacombs of San CallistoThere are monuments you visit and monuments you walk through. The Catacombs of San Callisto belong to the second group: they are not a facade to lo…
- Catacombs of San SebastianoCatacombs of San Sebastiano - Via Appia Antica, 136, 00179 Roma RM
- Catacombs of Santa TeclaThe Catacombs of Santa Tecla in Rome are near via Ostiense, not far from the Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, along present-day via Silvio d'Am…
- CentocelleCentocelle is visited without a ticket. The Centocelle Archaeological Park, along Via Casilina between Via di Centocelle and Viale Palmiro Togliatt…
- Centrale MontemartiniCentrale Montemartini - Via Ostiense, 106, 00154 Rome RM, Italy
- Ceramics Museum in SermonetaCeramics Museum in Sermoneta - Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 35, 04013 Sermoneta LT, Italy
- 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 San Paolo alla RegolaThe Church of San Paolo alla Regola stands in the heart of the Regola district, the seventh of Rome's 22 rioni, a short walk from the Tiber and hal…
- Church of San Pietro in CarcereThe Church of San Pietro in Carcere is at Clivo Argentario, at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the side of the Roman Forum that faces the Arch…
- 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…
- Cimitero degli Elefanti Antichi – Polledrara di CecanibbioCimitero degli Elefanti Antichi - Polledrara di Cecanibbio - Via di Cecanibbio, 00166 Rome RM, Italy
- 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…
- Civita Castellana (VT)Civita Castellana is in the province of Viterbo, in the southern Tuscia, perched on a spur of red tuff about 80 kilometers from Rome along Via Flam…
- Civitavecchia (RM)Civitavecchia (RM) is the main town of the northern area of the province of Rome, just over 51,000 inhabitants, with 71 kilometers of Tyrrhenian co…
- 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…
- Colombari di Vigna CodiniThe Vigna Codini columbaria can't be visited today: the Appia Antica Archaeological Park writes that access is currently suspended because safety c…
- 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…
- Columbarium of Pomponio HylasThe Columbarium of Pomponio Hylas is an underground burial chamber of the 1st century AD located at Via di Porta Latina 10, inside Parco degli Scip…
- Column of Marcus AureliusThe Column of Marcus Aurelius rises in the middle of Piazza Colonna, in the heart of the Campus Martius, and still stands exactly where it was plan…
- Corchiano GorgesThe protected area of the Corchiano Gorges Natural Monument stretches along the course of the Rio Fratta, a stream that runs inside the gorge below…
- Cori (LT)Cori is in Latina Province, perched on the north slope of the Lepini Mountains at an altitude ranging from about 220 meters at Cori Valle to nearly…
- Crypta Balbi – National Roman MuseumCrypta Balbi - National Roman Museum - Via delle Botteghe Oscure, 31, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- 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…
- Dogali ObeliskThe Dogali Obelisk is a monolith of red Aswan granite 6.34 meters tall, inscribed for the pharaoh Ramesses II and raised more than 3,000 years ago…
- 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…
- Domine Quo Vadis ChurchDomine Quo Vadis Church - Via Appia Antica, 51, 00179 Rome RM
- Domus AureaDomus Aurea: inside the splendid Oppian Hill Park you'll find the entrance to the luxurious residence of the emperor Nero
- Domus Aurea Highlights 2026 at the Domus Aurea: March 19 to December 17, 2026Domus Aurea Highlights 2026 is the series of themed tours with which the Colosseum Archaeological Park opens the Domus Aurea on the third Thursday…
- 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…
- Esoteric RomeEsoteric Rome is a formula that has circulated for at least two centuries and that today supports a quantity of pages, videos and guided tours buil…
- Esquiline ObeliskThe Esquiline Obelisk is the red granite monolith planted in the middle of Piazza dell'Esquilino, behind the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, that…
- Esquiline HillThe Esquilino is Rome's Rione XV, the one between Termini station and Porta Maggiore, and what to see here comes down to five things: Piazza Vittor…
- 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…
- Fara in Sabina (RI)Fara in Sabina is a medieval village in the province of Rieti, in Lazio, perched at 482 meters above sea level on a ridge that looks over the Tiber…
- Ferentino (FR)Ferentino rises on a hill of the Monti Ernici about 75 kilometers from Rome, in the province of Frosinone, and overlooks the Valle del Sacco from a…
- Ferento (VT)The archaeological area of Ferento occupies the Pianicara plateau, eight kilometers northeast of Viterbo, along the Teverina provincial road in the…
- Flaminian ObeliskThe Flaminian Obelisk is the red granite monolith that rises in the middle of Piazza del Popolo, at the exact point where the three streets of the…
- FondiFondi can be visited in half a day on foot, and what sets it apart from the other towns of southern Lazio is not the castle: it's the layout. The h…
- Formia (LT)Formia, on the Riviera di Ulisse, is known for its gardens, but above all for its vast artistic and cultural heritage, as well as its historical an…
- Forte AntenneForte Antenne
Via del Forte Antenne, 12
Roma
- Forum BoariumForum Boarium - Via della Greca, 00186 Rome RM
- Fountain of Anna PerennaFountain of Anna Perenna - Via Guidobaldo del Monte 4B Rome
- Frank Horvat at the Baths of Caracalla, until January 10, 2027The Frank Horvat exhibition is open at the Baths of Caracalla, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 52, 00153 Rome, from September 11, 2026 to January 10…
- Frasca di CivitavecchiaThe Frasca of Civitavecchia, about 9 km from the port, is without a doubt the great green lung of Civitavecchia, recently named a Natural Monument…
- 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…
- Free Rome: What to See Without Spending MoneyRome is the European city where you can see the most without paying anything, and also the city where, over the last three years, the list of what'…
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