Experts' Choice Award Vatican Necropolis
4 expert reviews
“Excavations carried out between 1939 and 1950 on the initiative of Pope Pius XII unearthed a pagan necropolis that the emperor Constantine had filled in to build the early basilica.”
– Michelin Guide
Travel + Leisure "You can tour the spooky 1,900-year-old necropolis deep beneath the Vatican, a buried cemetery of narrow lanes threading pagan and Christian mausoleums." Full review
Atlas Obscura "Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself. " Full review
Afar Magazine "This multilevel subterranean area tells the story of Vatican Hill's ancient Roman suburban beginnings." Full review
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