Typology:
Monuments
Address
Address:
Via Appia Antica, 161
Zone:
Quartiere Appio Pignatelli (Roma sud)
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Contacts
Telephone:
Info per singoli: 06 39967700 - info per gruppi 06 39967450 - info per scuole 06 39967200 (dalle 9.00 alle 13.00 e dalle 14.00 alle 17.00 dal lunedì al venerdì; il sabato dalle 9.00 alle 13.00 )
Online purchase:
www.pierreci.it/it/acquista-il-biglietto/biglietto-on-line.aspx
Telephone booking:
singoli: 06 39967700 - gruppi 06 39967450 - scuole 06 39967200 (dalle 9.00 alle 13.00 e dalle 14.00 alle 17.00 dal lunedì al venerdì; il sabato dalle 9.00 alle 13.00 )
Telephone purchase:
per singoli 060608 tutti i giorni ore 9.00-21.00
Opening times
Opening hours from 9 am to one hour before sunset:
9am-4:30pm from January 2 to February 15
9am-5pm from February 16 to March 15
9am-5:30pm from March 16 to 24
9am-7:15pm from last Sunday of March to August 31
9am-7pm from September 1 to September 30
9am-6:30pm from October 1 to last Saturday of October
9am-4:30pm from last Sunday of October to December 31
Closed Monday (except Easter Monday and during the Cultural Heritage Week), January 1, December 25
Last admission 1 hour before closing time.
Admission and ticketing
Full:
€6.00
Group booking:
€25.00
Reduced:
€3.00
Single booking:
€1.50
Appia Antica Card = Terme di Caracalla + Villa dei Quintili + Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella Combined Ticket (valid for 7 days)
Adults: € 6,00
Concessions:€ 3,00 (EU citizens between 18 and 24 years of age).
Archeologia Card = Palazzo Massimo + Palazzo Altemps + Crypta Balbi + Terme di Diocleziano + Colosseo + Palatino + Terme di Caracalla + Villa dei Quintili + Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella (valid for 7 days):
Adults: € 23,00
Concessions: € 13,00
Booking fee: € 1,50 (indivisuals); € 25,00 (groups)
Free of charge booking for school groups (required between February 1 and May 31)
ROMA PASS: the museum is included in the Roma Pass
Info and Booking
Individuals: +39 0639967700 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 2.00 pm)
Groups: +39 0639967450 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 2.00 pm)
School groups: +39.06.39967200 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 2.00 pm)
How to participate:
Booking required
Agreement with
Appia Antica Card, Archaeologia Card, Roma Pass, Roma&Più Pass
Booking
» Optional
» Telephonic
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Appiappiedi 2012
(Guided tours and educational visits)
from 2012-04-09 to 2012-10-21
Description
This is one of the most famous monuments situated on the Via Appia. It consists of a cylinder covered with travertine slabs, having the upper part decorated with a marble frieze representing festoons and oxen's heads, all resting on an imposing square pedestal. The presence of the reliefs of oxen's heads accounts for the name of "Capo di Bove" (Head of Ox) used to indicate the area in the Middle Ages. Above the entrance there is an inscription with the name of the owner of the tomb, Caecilia Metella, daughter of Quintus Metellus Creticus, the consul that conquered the Island of Crete in the year 67 B.C.. The mausoleum can be dated back to the end of the first century B.C., although it was probably used at least up to the second century A.D.. During the Middle Ages the large tomb became an important checkpoint on the Via Appia, so that in the eleventh century it was incorporated into the fortifications of a castle built by the Counts of Tuscolo. In 1299 Pope Boniface the Eighth transformed the castle into a real fortified citadel surrounded by a battlemented wall with rectangular towers, including also a church dedicated to San Nicola. In the course of time the ancient mausoleum became the main tower of a fortified village that belonged to the most powerful Roman families.
Educational activities
Individuals
Sundays and Holidays: 12.00 pm (noon)
languages: Italian
persons: max 30
duration: 45 minutes
price: free
Groups
hours: on request
languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish
persons: max 30
duration: 45 minutes
price: € 90,00
booking: required
Info and Booking
Individuals: +39 0639967700 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 2.00 pm)
Groups: +39 0639967450 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 2.00 pm)
School groups: +39.06.39967200 (Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm; Saturday: 9.00 am - 2.00 pm)
Services
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» Guided Visits
Last checked:
2012-05-16 9:40