Tomb of Caecilia Metella
Roma Capitale, Italy
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The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is a mausoleum standing at the three-mile marker of Rome's Via Appia, built during the 1st century BC—probably between 30 and 10 BC—to commemorate Caecilia Metella, daughter of the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus and wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus, who served under Julius Caesar. Her son, also named Marcus Licinius Crassus, likely commissioned the monument. One of the most celebrated and well-preserved structures along the Via Appia, it remains a major tourist destination; as part of the museum circuit including the Baths of Caracalla and Villa of the Quintilii, it attracted over 245,000 visitors in 2013, making it Italy's twenty-second most visited site that year.
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- Type
- tomb, archaeological site, archaeological park
- Heritage
- Italian national heritage
- Place
- Roma Capitale, Italy
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