Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas is a 1st-century CE Roman columbarium, situated near the Porta Latina on the Via di Porta Latina, Rome, Italy. It was discovered and excavated in 1831 by Pietro Campana.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: first-century columbarium in Rome
- Address: Via di Porta Latina 14, Roma
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porta Latina and San Giovanni in Oleo.
Porta Latina
City gate
The Porta Latina is a single-arched gate in the Aurelian Walls of ancient Rome.
San Giovanni in Oleo
Church
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Giovanni in Oleo is a chapel adjacent to the church of San Giovanni a Porta Latina in Rome. It commemorates the place where, according to legend, in 92 AD, at the hands of the emperor Domitian, the apostle John was immersed in a vat of boiling oil from which he emerged unharmed.
Tomb of the Scipios
Archaeological site
Photo: Pippo-b, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tomb of the Scipios, also called the hypogaeum Scipionum, was the common tomb of the patrician Scipio family during the Roman Republic for interments between the early 3rd century BC and the early 1st century AD. Tomb of the Scipios is situated 140 metres west of Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colosseo and Aventino-Testaccio.
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Aventino-Testaccio
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of Rome. Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.
Garbatella
Quarter
Photo: Torvindus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garbatella is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII of Rome comune, Italy, in the Ostiense quarter of Rome. Its population counts nearly 45,000.
Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
- Categories: columbarium, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.87639° or 41° 52′ 35″ northLongitude
12.50214° or 12° 30′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVGG2+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 254710624OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2984560
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas” goes by many names.
- French: “Colombarium de Pomponius Hylas”
- French: “Columbarium de Pomponius Hylas”
- Georgian: “პომპონიუს-ჰილასის კოლუმბარიუმი”
- Greek: “Κολουμβάριο του Πομπώνιου Ύλα”
- Italian: “Colombario di Pomponio Hylas”
- Portuguese: “Columbário de Pompônio Hilas”
- Spanish: “columbario de Pomponio Hilas”
- Spanish: “Columbario de Pomponio Hilas”
- Swedish: “Pomponius Hylas kolumbarium”
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