This collection gathers Christian and pagan catacombs and underground burial sites, with burial galleries, funeral frescoes, and inscriptions. It suits readers who want to understand how the dead were buried in antiquity and how early underground places of worship developed.

Places: Catacombs (22)

• Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the WallsPiazzale del Verano 3, 00185 Rome, phone 06 491511: the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls is a parish church and admission is free, but it…
• Basilica of San PancrazioThe Basilica of San Pancrazio stands in Piazza di San Pancrazio, on the Janiculum, just past the gate that took its name from the saint and right u…
• 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 Sant’Agnese fuori le MuraThe Basilica of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura is at Via Nomentana 349, in Rome, in a part of the city where the ancient consular road still runs straig…
• Bolsena (VT)Bolsena is a town of about 3,000 600 people in the province of Viterbo, on the northeastern shore of the lake that bears its name, in the upper Tus…
• 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…
• Hypogeum of Via Dino CompagniHypogeum of Via Dino Compagni - Via Latina, 258, 00179 Rome RM
• Jewish Catacombs of Vigna RandaniniThe Jewish catacombs of Vigna Randanini can be visited only by reservation, with an arrangement made in advance, because the burial ground lies und…
• Jewish Catacombs of Villa TorloniaThe Jewish Catacombs of Villa Torlonia cannot be visited: the Sovraintendenza capitolina says so plainly on the page dedicated to the villa, and th…
• 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…
• Nepi (VT)Nepi is in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, about 50 kilometers north of Rome, perched on a triangular spur of tuff that the ravines hav…
• 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.…
• Priscilla CatacombsPriscilla Catacombs - Via Salaria, 430, 00199 Roma RM
• TorpignattaraYou see Torpignattara on foot and without a ticket: streets, arches of the Alexandrine aqueduct and murals can all be seen from the public road. Th…
• Underground Rome: what you can visit beneath the cityUnderground Rome is not a place: it is a second layer of the city, often 10 or 15 meters beneath the feet of people walking downtown, and it is vis…