A Tourist in Rome - Fountain of Porta San Sebastiano

Location:41.87318, 12.50179 Across the main street from Porta San Sebastiano
Metro:Circo Massimo, and bus #118 if you'd like to avoid the walk from there.
Time:10 minutes
Cost:Free
Hours:Viewable at any time

The Fountain of Porta San Sebastiano consists of a tank at ground level made from a Roman sarcophagus, with two figures, a man and a woman, that look like they were 'borrowed' from a funeral monument on the Appian Way above it, topped by a Roman architrave.

    
IMG_3399-20140927: Fountain of Porta San Sebastiano, apparently taken from a monument on Via Appia Antica
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IMG_3400-20140927: Fountain of Porta San Sebastiano, apparently taken from a monument on Via Appia Antica
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