The Road to Eternity The Christian Catacombs

The Road to Eternity The Christian Catacombs

Being a private tour, you can choose your pace and ask your guide everything you want.You will be able to walk along the famous Appian Way, a perfectly preserved ancient road surrounded by the impressive tombs of the elite of Rome. Traces of ancient roman life will be shown in this tour.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, Via Appia Antica, 161, 00178 Rome Italy

What were Religion and Death for the Romans? Were their ceremonies, habits and hopes really so different from the ones of the Christians and ours? With this tour you will find answers by visiting the Appian Way, a perfectly preserved ancient road surrounded by the impressive tombs of the elite of Rome as the mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, the daughter of a senator.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Catacombe di Santa Domitilla, Via delle Sette Chiese 282, 00147 Rome Italy

You will then explore the christian catacomb of Domitilla, one of more than 60 in the city, and you will understand that such underground cemeteries had nothing to do with persecutions but much with a rational use of space.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Chiesa dei Santi Nereo e Achilleo, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 28, 00153 Rome Italy

Entering the church of the martyrs Nereus and Achilleus with its poor, touching graves of common people will show the simple and intimate faith of the early Christians

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Basilica Papale San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Piazzale di San Paolo 1, 00146 Rome Italy

The grandiose Basilica of S. Paul, erected in 390 AD in a pagan cemetery over the tomb of the saint, shows perfectly the transition to an official state religion imposed by the roman Emperors, reflecting the magnificence and decline of their absolute power.

Duration: 45 minutes