Rome Underground Catacombs and Crypts Rome Underground Catacombs and Crypts

Discover the ancestral and underground area of Rome. You can admire several burial chambers and various pagan burial sites. These places were formerly used as burial grounds because it was forbidden to bury or cremate corpses in the city. -Domitilla's catacomb, the largest and oldest underground cemetery in Rome, that dates back to the year 120 d.c.; -Priscilla's catacombs called the "queen catacumbarum". Several cubicles, small rooms with frescoes depicting the Old and New Testaments are still visible; -St. Callixtus' catacombs is known as the Crypt of the Popes, that includes the Crypt of St. Cecilia; -Saint Sebastian's catacombs had hosted Saints Peter and Paul bodies. Please note that you will visit two of the Catacombs, depending on their closures.