Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella

Europe,
Italy,
Rome,
Appio Claudio

The Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella is one of the most impressive funerary monuments of ancient Rome, located along the Via Appia Antica, about three miles from the city’s historic center. Built between 30 and 10 BC, during the reign of Emperor Augustus, the mausoleum celebrates Cecilia Metella, a Roman noblewoman...