🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Herculaneum
Roman · Roman
Roman seaside town buried under 20 m pyroclastic flow from Vesuvius 79 CE, preserving wooden furniture, upper storeys, frescoes and unique carbonized papyri scrolls (Villa of the Papyri, now being…
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🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Pompeii
Roman (foundation Oscan 6th c BCE, Roman from 80 BCE) · Roman
Roman city of 12,000 buried by Vesuvius eruption 24 August 79 CE under 4–6 m pumice and ash, preserving streets, villas, Forum, amphitheatre, baths and plaster casts of victims.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Coddu Vecchiu Giants' Tomb
Bronze Age (Bonnannaro) · Nuragic antecedent
Coddu Vecchiu Giants' Tomb in Sardinia, Olbia-Tempio, Italy is a Bronze Age (Bonnannaro) megalithic attributed to Nuragic antecedent culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Ancient theatre of Taormina
The ancient theatre of Taormina (Italian: Teatro antico di Taormina) is an ancient Greek theatre in Taormina, Sicily, built in the third century BC.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Catacomb of Sant'Ippolito
The Catacomb of Sant'Ippolito is a catacomb on the via Tiburtina in Rome, now entered from via dei Canneti in the modern Nomentano quartiere.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Quirinal Palace
historic building in Rome, Italy; official residence of the President of the Italian Republic
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Palace of Castel Gandolfo
17th-century papal palace in the city of Castel Gandolfo, Italy
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Monterozzi necropolis
Etruscans
ancient necropolis in Tarquinia, Italy
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Catacomb of Balbina
The Catacomb of Balbina or Catacomb of Mark is a catacomb between the ancient via Appia antica and via Ardeatina in the Ardeatino district of Rome.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Catacombs of Rome
Ancient Rome
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…
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Erice
Erice (Italian: [ˈɛːritʃe]; Sicilian: Èrici [ˈɛːɾɪʃɪ]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Catacomb of Pontian
The Catacomb(s) of Pontian is one of the catacombs of Rome on the Via Portuensis, notable for containing the original tombs of Pope Anastasius I (399–401) and his son Pope Innocent I (401–417).
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Canosa di Puglia
Canosa di Puglia, generally known simply as Canosa (Canosino: Canaus), is a town and comune in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, southern Italy.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Blanda (city)
Blanda (Greek: Βλάνδα), and later Blanda Julia, was an ancient city of Lucania now located at Palecastro di Tortora, Province of Cosenza, Italy.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Fractio Panis
Fractio Panis (English: Breaking of Bread) is the name given to a fresco in the Greek Chapel (Capella Greca) in the Catacomb of Priscilla, situated on the Via Salaria Nova in Rome.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
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, notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes (Italian: Cappella dei Papi),…
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Catacombs of San Valentino
The Catacombs of San Valentino (Italian: Catacombe di San Valentino) is one of the catacombs of Rome (Italy), placed at the 2nd mile of the via Flaminia, now in Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski, in the…
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Catacomb of Saints Processus and Martinian
The Catacomb of Saints Processus and Martinianus is one of the catacombs of Rome. Sited on the via Aurelia, no ancient remains have been conclusively identified as being it.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus
Ancient Rome
The Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus are underground paleo-Christian burial sites (4th–5th century AD), located in the northern area of the city of Naples (now Stella district).
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Romito Cave
cave in the Lao Valley of Pollino National Park, near the town of Papasidero in Calabria, Italy
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter
The Catacombs of Marcellinus and Peter are found approximately three kilometers from southeast Rome and the ancient Via Labicana, and date to the 4th century AD.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
Hypogeum of Vibia
The Hypogeum of Vibia is part of a small complex of pagan burial chambers in Rome which were constructed along the Via Appia in the late 4th century CE.