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Tomb of Cecilia Metella - abcRoma.com


Is the best preserved piece of the Appian Way. This tomb, remaining nearly intact with the addition of the crenellated tower installed by the Caetani family in 1302 when it was made the keep for their adjacent castle

 

Location and History

The tomb was erected around 50 BC for Cecilia Metella, the daughter of the counsel Quintus Metellus Creticus, wife of Marcus Grassus, son of the triumvir colleague of Caesar and Pompey.

 
 

Description

The tomb is of the type having a cylindrical body set on a square base. This cylinder, faced with travertine marble and crowned with a marble frieze in relief with festoons between bucranes, is 11 metres high for 29.5 metres in diameter.

 
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