Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo

Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo is an archaeological site in Municipio Roma VIII, Rome, Lazio, which is located on Via Cristoforo Colombo. Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo is situated near the government office Ufficio Centrale Archivi Notarili, as well as near Archivio Notarile Distrettuale di Roma.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: The Church of Domine Quo Vadis and Saint Paul outside the walls.

The Church of Domine Quo Vadis

Church

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Santa Maria in Palmis, also known as Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis, is a small church southeast of Rome. It is located about some 800 m from Porta San Sebastiano, where the Via Ardeatina branches off the Appian Way, on the site where, according to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, Saint Peter met the risen Christ while Peter was fleeing persecution in Rome. The Church of Domine Quo Vadis is situated 610 metres east of Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo.

Saint Paul outside the walls

Church

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The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the Lateran, Saint Peter's, and Saint Mary Major, as well as one of the city's Seven Pilgrim Churches. Saint Paul outside the walls is situated 2 km west of Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo.

Catacombs of Saint Calixt

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The Catacomb of Callixtus is one of the Catacombs of Rome on the Appian Way, notable for containing the Crypt of the Popes, which once contained the tombs of several popes from the 2nd to 4th centuries. Catacombs of Saint Calixt is situated 1¼ km southeast of Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garbatella and South Rome.

Garbatella

Quarter

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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.

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.

Aventino-Testaccio

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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.

Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo

Type: Archaeological site
Address: Via Cristoforo Colombo 142, Roma
Categories: cistern, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Municipio Roma VIII, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

41.86467° or 41° 51′ 53″ north

Longitude

12.49677° or 12° 29′ 48″ east

Open location code

8FHJVF7W+VP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 66599244

OpenStreetMap feature

building=cistern

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q141085335

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“Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo” goes by many names.

Italian: “Cisterna Romana della Via Colombo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Archivio Notarile Distrettuale di Roma and Ufficio Centrale Archivi Notarili.

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