Activities

Castel Gandolfo. Doric nymphaeum (Monument to Water Nymphs)

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Archeotourism; 02 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Castel Gandolfo

The "Doric" nymphaeum in Castel Gandolfo comprised a rectangular room carved into the rock covered by a barrel vault and dated from the mid-first...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Archeotourism; 02 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Castel Gandolfo

On the crest of the volcanic crater in Castel Gandolfo was housed the theatre of the ancient villa of the Emperor Domitian. The shape and...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Churches & Places of Worship; 02 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Castel Gandolfo

In 1659 Pope Alexander VII instructed Bernini to build the collegiate church of St. Thomas of Villanova, to replace the old church of St....

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Archeotourism; 02 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Castel Gandolfo

Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, one of the Pontifical Villas, was erected on the Roman villa of the emperor Domitian. The villa consisted of a...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Archeotourism; 02 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Castel Gandolfo

Along the Appian Way, inside the Pontifical North American College of Castel Gandolfo, is the remains of a Roman villa of the Republican era. The...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Churches & Places of Worship; 02 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Casape

The church of St. Peter the Apostle in Casape is known for two works of art: one ancient and one modern. The first is the famous wooden crucifix...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Archeotourism; 02 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Capena

The Leprignano clock was originally in the bell tower of the church in the medieval village and was placed on the tower in the 1700s. It functions...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Archeotourism; 02 February 2018; LAZIO • ROMA • Capena

The colombarium were a type of burial used during the Roman Empire (but already in use by the Etruscans) and consisted of underground rooms with...