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...

bones of cleared graveyards. Greece – Catacombs of Milos Italy – Catacombs of Rome; Catacombs of Naples; Capuchin catacombs of Palermo, Catacombs of Syracuse...

The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, pronunciation) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six...

underground. The Catacombs of Domitilla are the only catacombs in Rome that have an underground Basilica and are of one only five Roman catacombs open to the...

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...

The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (also Catacombe dei Cappuccini or Catacombs of the Capuchins) are burial catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy...

from the late 2nd to early 4th centuries on the walls of Christian tombs in the catacombs of Rome. From literary evidence, there may well have been panel...

The Catacombs of San Sebastiano are a hypogeum cemetery in Rome, Italy, rising along Via Appia Antica, in the Ardeatino Quarter. It is one of the very...

The Catacomb of Priscilla is an archaeological site on the Via Salaria in Rome, Italy, situated in what was a quarry in Roman times. This quarry was used...

The Catacomb of Saint Thecla is a Christian catacomb in the city of Rome, near the Via Ostiense and the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, in the...

the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy. It was built on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC...

The seven hills of Rome (Latin: Septem colles/montes Romae, Italian: Sette colli di Roma [ˈsɛtte ˈkɔlli di ˈroːma]) east of the river Tiber form the geographical...

The Catacombs of San Gennaro are underground paleo-Christian burial and worship sites in Naples, Italy, carved out of tuff, a porous stone. They are situated...

(1970), A Bay of Blood (1971), Blood for Dracula (1974) and Burial Ground (1981). The catacombs sequences were shot in the real catacombs of Rome. In December...

[kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre...

half-dome above the altar of Byzantine-style churches, and facing down the nave. Orans (catacombs of Rome), first half of IV c. Orans of Kyiv. Mosaic. XI c....

built sepulchre dug in the Catacombs of Rome. Pancras' head was placed in the reliquary that still exists today in the Basilica of Saint Pancras. Devotion...

refuge in the catacombs of Rome and died a martyr. Christian tradition makes Caius a native of the Dalmatian city of Salona, the son of a man also named...

Catacomb saints were the bodies of ancient Christians that were carefully exhumed from the catacombs of Rome and sent abroad to serve as relics of certain...

Bridges of Rome Pons Cestius Pons Fabricius Ponte Milvio Ponte Sant'Angelo Ponte Sisto Catacombs of Rome Catacomb of Callixtus Catacombs of Generosa...

image of the Good Shepherd is the most common of the symbolic representations of Christ found in early Christian art in the Catacombs of Rome, before...

pagan and Jewish burials, either in separate catacombs or mixed together. The first large-scale catacombs were excavated from the 2nd century onwards....

Vigna Randanini are Jewish Catacombs between the second and third miles of the Appian Way close to the Christian catacombs of Saint Sebastian, with which...

to early 4th centuries on the walls of tombs belonging, most likely, to wealthy Christians in the catacombs of Rome, although from literary evidence there...

Sublicius Catacomb of Calepodius Catacomb of Callixtus Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter Catacombs of Rome Catacombs of San Valentino Columbarium of Pomponius...

Portuense quarter. The name of the catacomb, as for most of Roman catacombs, derives from the name of the founder or patron of the plot of land on which the burial...

Jewish presence in Rome and the community's resilience. The Jewish catacombs in Rome are among the oldest and most extensive in Europe. These underground...

might be closed with a slab, plain, as in the Catacombs of Rome, or sculptural, as in the family tombs of ancient Palmyra. Kokh (tomb): sometimes translated...

of the catacombs took place in four stages starting with the stairways and finishing with the 3 corridors and their adjoining rooms. The Catacombs of...

Christian art date back to early Christianity and can be seen in the Catacombs of Rome. The Last Supper was depicted both in the Eastern and Western Churches...