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Tomb of Cecilia Metella
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Address: Via Appia Antica, 161
Zone: Appia Antica - Ardeatina
Horary: 9h - 1h before the sunset
Ticket: € 2,00
Phone: 0639967700
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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