A Tourist in Rome - Tomb of Cecila Metella

Location:41.85201, 12.52088 At mile marker 3 on the Appian Way
Metro:Bus #118 from Circo Massimo
Time:about 10 minutes (to see from the exterior)
Cost:€7
Hours:Tuesday - Sunday 9 AM - 7 PM, closed Monday

The Tomb of Cecila Metella is a large drum tomb similar to the Mausoleum of Augustus and built in 30 BC for Cecilia Metella, wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus Junior, one of Julius Caesar's generals. Located on the Appian Way near the Circus of Maxentius which was built such that it had a good view of the tomb, this tomb is one of the best preserved of the numerous tombs that line the Appian Way. I haven't gone inside the tomb since its contents did not seem especially interesting or worth the €7 entry fee.

    
Tomb of Cecila Metella, as seen from the Circus of Maxentius
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The front of the Tomb of Cecila Metella
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Front of the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, along the Appian Way
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Front of the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, along the Appian Way
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A view inside the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, along the Appian Way, through the front gate (it's closed until 10AM)
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Front of the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, along the Appian Way
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Tomb of Cecila Metella
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Tomb of Cecila Metella
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Tomb of Cecila Metella
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Tomb of Cecila Metella
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Tomb of Cecila Metella
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Tomb of Cecila Metella
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Looking up the rotunda of the Tomb of Cecila Metella
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Looking down the rotunda of the Tomb of Cecila Metella
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