Typology:
Place of historical interest
Address
Address:
Via Ardeatina, 174
Zone:
Quartiere Ardeatino (Roma sud)
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Contacts
Opening times
Monday-Friday:
- Mausoleum: 8.15 am - 3.30 pm;
- Museum: 8.15 am - 3.15 pm;
Saturday-Sunday:
- Mausoleum: 8.15 am - 4.30 pm;
- Museum: 8.15 am - 4.15 pm;
Closed: January 1, Easter, May 1, August 15, December 25.
March 24: Memorial Day
Description
These are tunnels of a quarry tragically famous for the massacre of 355 prisoners on the evening of 24 March 1944 by the German occupation forces in response to the 33 German soldiers killed in a bob attack by Italian resistance fighters in Via Rasella. Among the 355 victims, chosen at random, there were various political prisoners taken from the jail of Via Tasso, many Jews and some civilians. The site is now a monument to the values of the Italian Resistance. At the entrance there is a group of three travertine figures which idealise those of the victims. A tunnel leads to the old pozzolan quarry and to the place of the execution where there is now a sacrarium.
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Culture and leisure › Cultural institutions › Houses of culture
Last checked:
2010-07-12 4:08