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PALATINE
Streetcars passing LATERAN
over the Celian hill
from the Colosseum
rumble up a narrow, Appio
picturesque track CARACALLA Latino
through the Parco AVENTINE
del Celio. Ostiense
V I A L E D E L P A R C O D E L C E L I O Locator Map
See Central Rome Map pp16–17

Ruins of the
Temple of
Claudius are
visible over a large
area of the Celian
hill. These travertine
blocks have been
incorporated in the base
of the bell tower of Santi
Giovanni e Paolo.

V I A C L A U D I A

3 Arch of Dolabella
V I A D I S A N PA O L O D E L L A C R O C E
Built in the 1st century
AD, probably as an
entrance to the city,
this archway was later
incorporated in
Nero’s aqueduct to
the Palatine.
The gateway of San Tommaso
in Formis is decorated with a
wonderful 13th-century mosaic
showing Christ with two freed
slaves, one white, one black.

Key
Suggested route
4 . Santa Maria in Domnica
This church is famed for its 9th-century mosaics. These 0 meters 75
Apostles appear on the triumphal arch above the apse,
flanking a medallion containing the figure of Christ. 0 yards 75

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