The largest surviving circular Roman mausoleum along the Via Appia, the so-called Casal Rotondo, dates to ca. 30 BCE. Its diameter is approximately 27 meters. It may have had a conical roof. A Medieval farmhouse was built atop the tombs foudations.
Casal Rotondo
Relevant museums
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Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana
Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana - Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography.
Italy, Rome -
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo
Italy, Rome -
Ara Pacis Museum
Ara Pacis Museum
Italy, Rome -
Rome, Vatican Museums
Rome, Vatican Museums
VA, Vatican City -
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Collection of ancient manuscripts, including papyri, ostraca, and the Peutinger Map
Austria, Vienna -
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
France, Paris -
Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)
Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)
France, Rouen
Nearby sites
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Roman Tomb
Roman Tomb
Italy, Ciampino -
Roman Tomb
Roman Tomb
Italy, Ciampino -
Roman Tomb
Roman Tomb
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Roman Tomb
Roman Tomb
Italy, Ciampino
