2-652-159 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Roma - Appian Way ', 1910. The tomb of caecilia Meteela transformed in the Middle Ages by the Caetani into a fortress. Far away the Alban Hills. The Tomb of Caecilia Metella (Italian: Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella) is a mausoleum located just outside Rome at the three mile marker of the Via Appia. It was built during the 1st century B.C to honor Caecilia Metella who was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, a Consul in 69 BC. From Cento Vedute Classiche di Roma. [Enrico Verdesi, Rome, 1910]