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Catacombe di San Sebastiano (Catacombs of St. Sebastian)
Catacombe di San Sebastiano (Catacombs of St. Sebastian) Review
The 4th-century church was named after the saint who was buried in the catacomb, which burrows underground on four different levels. This was the only Early Christian cemetery to remain accessible during the Middle Ages, and it was from here that the term "catacomb" is derived—it's in a spot where the road dips into a hollow, known to the Romans as catacumbas (Greek for "near the hollow"). The Romans used the name to refer to the cemetery that had existed here since the 2nd century BC, and it came to be applied to all the underground cemeteries discovered in Rome in later centuries.
- Address: Via Appia Antica 136, Via Appia Antica, Rome, 00179 | Map It
- Phone: 06/7850350
- Cost: €8
- Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-4:30, closed the 3rd wk of Nov. and 3rd wk of Dec.
- Website: www.catacombe.org
- Metro Bus 118, 218, 660.
- Location: Via Appia Antica
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