This collection gathers underground spaces in the city: cisterns, hypogea, galleries, crypts, and remains of ancient structures visible below street level. It suits readers looking for less crowded routes and wanting to understand how the city built up layers over time.
Places: Underground Rome (56)
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…- 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 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 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 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…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Fountain of Anna PerennaFountain of Anna Perenna - Via Guidobaldo del Monte 4B Rome
- Gladiator MuseumGladiator Museum - Piazza Navona, 90, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Hypogeum of the AureliiThe Hypogeum of the Aurelii is at Via Luigi Luzzatti 2, at the corner with Viale Manzoni, and it isn't open to the public at regular hours. It's ru…
- Hypogeum of Via Dino CompagniHypogeum of Via Dino Compagni - Via Latina, 258, 00179 Rome RM
- International Nativity Scene Museum “Angelo Stefanucci”International Nativity Scene Museum Angelo Stefanucci - Via Tor de' Conti, 31, 00184 Rome RM, Italy
- 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…
- Lake Albano EmissaryThe Lake Albano Emissary has no public openings with fixed hours: the Roman tunnel is largely flooded and the Castelli Romani Regional Park lists i…
- Mausoleum of Monte del GranoMausoleum of Monte del Grano: Open by mandatory reservation through the Contact Center 060608 (€4/€3, free with MIC card).
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Orte (VT)Orte (VT) is a village of the Tuscia perched on a tuff cliff above the Tiber valley, in the province of Viterbo, about 70 kilometers from Rome. The…
- Parco degli ScipioniParco degli Scipioni lies between Via di Porta Latina and Via di Porta San Sebastiano in the historic center of Rome, in the Celio rione, inside th…
- Porta MaggiorePorta Maggiore is the point in Rome where two imperial aqueducts, the Aqua Claudia and the Anio Novus, cross together over two consular roads, Via…
- Priscilla CatacombsPriscilla Catacombs - Via Salaria, 430, 00199 Roma RM
- Rione Trevi: What to SeeRione Trevi, rione II of Rome, can be walked freely and for free, but since February 2, 2026 non-residents pay €2 to go down into the inner perimet…
- Roman Houses of the Celian HillRoman Houses of the Celian Hill - Clivo di Scauro, 00184 Rome
- Rome in the Rain: What to Do IndoorsIt doesn't rain much in Rome, but when it does, it means it: short, violent downpours that in half an hour turn the cobblestones into sheets of wat…
- San Salvatore in OndaSan Salvatore in Onda is at Via dei Pettinari 51, in the Regola district, a few meters from the start of Ponte Sisto, according to the tourist port…
- Sant’Eusebio all’EsquilinoSant'Eusebio all'Esquilino is the church on the north corner of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, at number 12/A, with the double-ramp staircase and the…
- Santa Maria dell’Orazione e Morte ChurchThe Church of Santa Maria dell’Orazione e Morte, decorated with macabre symbols, is on a very central street of Rome's historic center lined with R…
- Stadium of Domitian – Piazza Navona UndergroundStadium of Domitian - Piazza Navona Underground - Via di Tor Sanguigna, 3, 00186 Rome RM, Italy
- Tomb of the ScipiosThe Tomb of the Scipios opens along the first stretch of Via Appia Antica, inside the Aurelian Walls and a few hundred meters from Porta San Sebast…
- 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.
- Underground Basilica of Porta MaggioreUnderground Basilica of Porta Maggiore - Via Prenestina, 17, 00182 Roma RM
- 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…
- Vatican Necropolis and Scavi di San PietroThere is only one way to book the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica: the request form on the website of the Fabbrica di San Pietro. No reseller…
- Via Portuense NecropolisVia Portuense Necropolis - Via Portuense, 317, 00149 Rome RM, Italy
- Vicus Caprarius, the City of WaterThe Vicus Caprarius, the City of Water, is an underground archaeological area covering about 350 square meters, nine meters below street level, les…
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