Appian Way
Via Appia, the Appian Way, is one of the earliest roads built in the Roman Republic and connects Rome to Brindisi. It became a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman highway from Rome, Italy, to Brundisium 312 BC
- Also known as: “Via Appia” and “Via Appia antica”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capo di Bove and San Nicola a Capo di Bove.
Capo di Bove
Capo di Bove is an archaeological site on the Appian Way on the outskirts of Rome, Italy. It contains the thermal baths of a vast property owned in the 2nd century AD by Herodes Atticus and his wife Annia Regilla.
San Nicola a Capo di Bove
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San Nicola a Capo di Bove is situated 460 metres northwest of Appian Way.
San Sebastiano fuori le mura
Church
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San Sebastiano fuori le mura, or San Sebastiano ad Catacumbas, is a minor basilica in Rome, Central Italy. Up to the Great Jubilee of 2000, San Sebastiano was one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome, and many pilgrims still favour the traditional list. San Sebastiano fuori le mura is situated 1 km northwest of Appian Way.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Rome and Quarto Miglio.
South Rome
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The South of Rome includes the historic Appian Way and nearby catacombs, as well as important tourist attractions in EUR, and San Paolo.
Quarto Miglio
Neighborhood
Quarto Miglio is an urban zone of Municipio VII of Rome, Italy. It was located in the south-eastern area of the city. As of 2010 it had a population of 11,052 people.
Fonte Meravigliosa
Neighborhood
Photo: Gaux, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fonte Meravigliosa is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km southwest of Appian Way.
Appian Way
- Categories: street, Roman road, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma VIII, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Mari—“Appian Way” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Appiese Weg”
- Albanian: “Via Appia”
- Arabic: “طريق أبيا”
- Armenian: “Ապիյան ճանապարհ”
- Armenian: “Ապիյան”
- Azerbaijani: “Appi yolu”
- Basque: “Via Apia”
- Basque: “Via Appia”
- Belarusian: “Via Appia”
- Belarusian: “Апіева дарога”
- Bengali: “ভিয়া আপিয়া”
- Bulgarian: “Виа Апиа”
- Bulgarian: “Виа Апия”
- Catalan: “Via Antiatina”
- Catalan: “Via Apia”
- Catalan: “Via Àpia”
- Catalan: “Via Appia”
- Catalan: “Via Ardentina”
- Catalan: “Via Aurelia ília”
- Catalan: “Via Setina”
- Chinese: “亚壁古道”
- Chinese: “亞壁古道”
- Chinese: “亞皮亞古道”
- Chinese: “阿庇亚大道”
- Chinese: “阿庇亞道”
- Croatian: “Via Appia”
- Czech: “Via Appia”
- Danish: “Via Appia”
- Dutch: “Regina Viarum”
- Dutch: “Via Appia”
- Esperanto: “Strato Appia”
- Esperanto: “Via Appia Antica”
- Esperanto: “Via Appia”
- Estonian: “Appiuse tee”
- Finnish: “Via Appia”
- French: “Via Appia”
- French: “voie Appienne”
- French: “Voie Appienne”
- Galician: “Vía Apia”
- Galician: “Vía Appia”
- Georgian: “აპიუსის გზა”
- Georgian: “ვია აპია”
- German: “Appische Straße”
- German: “Via Appia Traiana”
- German: “Via Appia”
- Greek: “Αππία οδός”
- Greek: “Αππία Οδός”
- Hebrew: “דרך אפיה”
- Hebrew: “הדרך האפית”
- Hebrew: “ויה אפיה”
- Hungarian: “Via Appia”
- Indonesian: “Jalan Appia”
- Irish: “Via Appia”
- Italian: “Appia antica”
- Italian: “Regina viarum”
- Italian: “via Appia”
- Italian: “Via Appia”
- Japanese: “アッピア街道”
- Kirghiz: “Аппий жолу”
- Korean: “아피아 가도”
- Latin: “Via Appia”
- Latvian: “Apija ceļš”
- Lithuanian: “Apijaus kelias”
- Lithuanian: “Via Appia”
- Macedonian: “Апиев пат”
- Macedonian: “Вија Апија”
- Maltese: “Mogħdija Appjana”
- Maltese: “Triq Appjana”
- Maltese: “Via Appia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Appia Via”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Via Appia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Via Appia”
- Norwegian: “Via Appia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Via Àpia”
- Persian: “جاده آپیا”
- Polish: “Appia Antica”
- Polish: “Droga Appijska”
- Polish: “Via Appia Antica”
- Polish: “Via Appia Nuova”
- Polish: “Via Appia”
- Portuguese: “Ápia”
- Portuguese: “Via Apia”
- Portuguese: “Via Ápia”
- Portuguese: “Via appia”
- Romanian: “Drumul Appian”
- Romanian: “Via Appia”
- Russian: “Via Appia”
- Russian: “Аппиева дорога”
- Serbian: “Via Appia”
- Serbian: “Апијев пут”
- Serbian: “Виа Апиа”
- Serbian: “Виа Апија”
- Serbian: “Виа Аппиа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Apijev put”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Apijeva cesta”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Apijska cesta”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Apijski put”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Via Appia”
- Slovak: “Via Appia”
- Slovenian: “Apijeva cesta”
- Slovenian: “Via Appia”
- Spanish: “Via Apia”
- Spanish: “Vía Apia”
- Spanish: “Via Appia Antica”
- Spanish: “Via Appia”
- Spanish: “Vía Appia”
- Swedish: “Appiska vägen”
- Swedish: “Via Appia Antica”
- Swedish: “Via Appia”
- Tagalog: “Daang Apia”
- Tamil: “ஆப்பியன் சாலை”
- Turkish: “Appian Yolu”
- Turkish: “Via Appia”
- Ukrainian: “Аппієва дорога”
- Ukrainian: “Аппійова дорога”
- Urdu: “شارع آپیا”
- Vlaams: “Via Appia”
- Welsh: “Via Appia”
- Western Armenian: “Աբբիա ճամբայ”
- Western Mari: “Via Appia”
- “Vìa Āpia”
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