Here is the Roma, Ninfeo degli Annibaldi, a tiny tiny tiny small Ninfeo placed along one the most central street in Rome – No one would notice the entrance (closed most of the time)
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This place is an archaeological complex located under the Basilica of Saints John and Paul, in Rome. The complex is identified according to tradition with the place where the saints lived and were buried, after having suffered martyrdom there during the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363 AD).
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Santi Quattro Coronati is an ancient basilica in Rome. The church dates back to the 4th (or 5th) century, and is devoted to four anonymous saints and martyrs.
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Overlooking the great precipitous cliff overlooking the Aniene River, the Hermitages of St. Benedict offer an evocative and unique panorama of millennia-old reality.
It is a complex of natural and partly artificial caves, communicating both with the Monastery above and in the portion below with a dense network of tunnels, formerly the spechi of Roman aqueducts. Such a place has always been regarded as a destination for spiritual recollection and meditation.
This is an underground site discovered by chance in 1923, the hypogeum in via Livenza, in Rome
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A not so known part of the beautiful Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in Rome and the connected Abbey. In the course of its history various Orders of monks have succeeded one another within its walls.
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The Mamertine Prison (or Tullian Prison, in Latin Carcer or Tullianum) is the oldest prison in Rome and is located in the Roman Forum. The Tullianum was built, according to Livy, under Anco Martius in the 7th century BC. It was the symbolic prison for illustrious prisoners in ancient Rome.
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Following construction work in 1936, the remains of a 2nd century building were discovered on the site, the westernmost part of which had been converted into a mithraeum in the 3rd century. It is located at the back of Palazzo Barberini. The central panel shows the usual tauroctonia, i.e. Mithras killing the bull.
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Near the curch named San Paolo della Regola, down the road level, you may find the remains of some recently discovered (1978-1982) ancient houses (or insulae romanae).
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