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  2. Catacombs of Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Catacombs of Rome (Italian: Catacombe di Roma) are ancient catacombs, underground burial places in and around Rome, of which there are at least forty, some rediscovered since 1578, others even as late as the 1950s. There are more than fifty catacombs in the underground of Rome in which about 150 km of tunnels run.

  3. Catacomb of Trasone - Wikipedia

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    The Catacomb of Trasone is a catacomb on the left side of the ancient via Salaria, at its junction with via Yser, in the modern-day Parioli quarter of Rome. Begun in the 3rd century, is named after Trason or Thrason, a rich Christian Roman citizen under Diocletian and the owner of the land in which it was dug - he is named in a martyrdom account of Susanna of Rome.

  4. Via Anapo catacombs - Wikipedia

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    The Via Anapo catacombs are a set of catacombs on the via Salaria in Rome, first built in the 3rd-4th centuries and rich in wall paintings, inscriptions and sarcophagus fragments. They were discovered on 31 May 1578 when some workers digging for pozzolana witnessed a landslide, only for the complex to be lost in another landslide and ...

  5. Catacomb of Sant'Alessandro - Wikipedia

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    Stone at the entrance to the catacomb area. The basilica and Catacombs of Sant' Alessandro is a single-level catacomb, located in the Sant'Alessandro area of Municipio IV on the outskirts of Rome. [1] It was first built in the 7th century on the via Nomentana.

  6. Catacombs of Praetextatus - Wikipedia

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    The Catacombs of Praetextatus is a catacomb complex on the left side of the via Appia in the modern-day Appio-Latino quarter of Rome. Its modern entrance is on the via Appia Pignatelli. It is named after its founder or the man who gave the land on which it was built. [1]

  7. Catacomb of Callixtus - Wikipedia

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    Entrance to the areal of the Catacomb of Callixtus. Grave niches in the Catacomb of Callixtus. The Catacomb(s) of Callixtus (also known as the Cemetery of Callixtus) is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way, most notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes (Italian: Cappella dei Papi), which once contained the tombs of several popes from the 2nd to 4th centuries.

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