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Caffarella park and archeological site, Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Tomb of Caecilia Metella and the Castrum Caetani in Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Tomb of Caecilia Metella in Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cecilia Metella tomb in Rome, Italy. Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Tomb of Caecilia Metella in Rome, Italy

The Tomb of Caecilia Metella located at the three mile marker of the Via Appia in Rome, Italy. The tomb was built during the 1st century BC to honor Caecilia Metella who was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, a consul in 69 BC, and wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus quaestor, son of the famous Marcus Crassus who served under Julius Caesar. The Tomb of Caecilia is one of the most well known and well preserved monuments along the Via Appia and a popular tourist site. Located on top of a hill along the Via Appia, the Tomb of Caecilia Metella consists of a cylindrical drum, or rotunda, atop a square podium with the Caetani Castle Castrum attached at the rear. The square podium is 8.3 meters, the cylindrical drum 12 meters tall. The diameter of the circular drum is 29.5 meters.