Ardeatine Caves

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Ardeatine Caves

Modern catacombs

174 Via Ardeatina
Rome, Rome 00178
+39 6 513 6742

Located behind the Catacombe di Domitilla, this is also an old burial site of Christian martyrs. More than three hundred people, mainly Jews, political prisoners, and even a priest and a 14-year-old boy, were brought here and killed. After this massacre, the German troops blew up the tunnel leading to the Chamber of death in an attempt to destroy all traces of the crime. This modern catacomb can be visited together with the Museum of the Resistance and modern sculptures by Coccia and Basaldella. Admission is free.

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Ardeatine Caves Photo: Dan Laurita