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Tomba di Cecilia Metella
Tomba di Cecilia Metella

Remembrance of a Noblewoman

Via Appia Antica
Rome, Rome
00178

Neighborhood: Appio Latino - Tuscolano

Phone: +39 06 488 991
Fax: +39 6 481 9316 (Tourism Board)
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Cecilia, daughter of Metelllus, valiant conqueror of Crete and wife of Crassus, Caesar's general in Gaul, was buried on the Appia Antica. A tombstone has been placed here in memory of this noblewoman who died at a young age. The tomb was built circa 50 BCE and was a large cylindrical body resting on a square base built entirely from travertine stone. Passing under an archway one entered the tomb itself. The original battlements were covered by a fortress built in 1300 by the Caetani, which encased the sepulchre inside a castle (the remains of which can still be seen) The tomb became the castle's keep which comprises the church of San Nicola (a rare example of Roman Gothic style).

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