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FARTHER AFIELD

The more inquisitive visitor to Rome may Tour (see p132), such as the catacombs, and
wish to try a few excursions to the large the ruined aqueducts of Parco Appio Claudio,
parks and some of the more isolated still offer glimpses of the rapidly vanishing
churches on the outskirts of the city. With a Campagna, the countryside around Rome.
day to spare, you can explore the villas of More modern sights include the suburb
Tivoli and the ruins of the ancient Roman of EUR, built in the Fascist era, and the
port of Ostia. Traditional haunts of the Grand Resistance memorial at the Fosse Ardeatine.
Sights at a Glance
Towns and Areas 3 Villa Giulia pp264–5 p Villa d’Este
t EUR 4 MAXXI a Villa Gregoriana
o Tivoli 5 Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Tombs and Catacombs
Roma (MACRO)
Historic Roads u Centrale Montemartini 0 Catacombs of San Callisto
9 Via Appia Antica q Catacombs of San Sebastiano
Ancient Sites w Catacombs of Domitilla
Churches s Hadrian’s Villa e Fosse Ardeatine
6 Santa Costanza d Ostia Antica r Tomb of Cecilia Metella
7 Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura
8 San Lorenzo fuori le Mura Parks and Gardens
y San Paolo fuori le Mura 1 Villa Borghese Sights Outside Rome A1
Museums and Galleries i Villa Doria Pamphilj Tivoli
2 Museo e Galleria Borghese pp262–3 GRA 5
Casalotti
1
Key A24
ROME Finocchio
Main sightseeing areas A12 GRA 6 A1
Freeway Fiumicino A91 Frascati
Major highway 0 kilometers 2 8 Ciampino
Railroad 0 miles 1 Albano
Lido di 148 Laziale Nemi
Ostia Genzano 7
Sights Outside Central Rome Pomezia
Trieste
Flaminio 4
VIA NOMENTANA
Primavalle Trionfale Tevere
Nomentano
5
Prati
A24
Tiburtino
1
ROME
VIA AURELIA 6

Appio- VIA CASILINA
Gianicolense Latino VIA TUSCOLANA
Garbatella
Cinecittà
VIALE DEI COLLI PORTUENSI
Tevere Ostiense VIA APPIA ANTICA
VIA APPIA NUOVA
COLOMBO
Portuense VIA CRISTOFORO 7

Trullo
8
A12 EUR Capannelle
One of the many fountains in the gardens of Villa d’Este For keys to symbols see back flap

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