Catacombs Of St. Callixtus aka: Catacombe di San Callisto

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If you don’t have a lot of time and aren’t specially interested in the subject there are other places more interesting in Rome. I only went because I was traveling with friends that wanted to go there.

over 5 years ago

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This is the second set of catacombs that I've explored by iamthevoice

The first time I explored some catacombs, I was near London, in the UK. These were much older, and the underground network of tunnels seemed to go on forever. Really cool experience!

over 5 years ago

The catacombs by inteligencia

The catacombs of St. Callixtus are among the greatest and most important of Rome. They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex which occupies an area of 90 acres, with a network of galleries about 12 miles long, in four levels, more than twenty meters deep.

In it were buried tens of martyrs, 16 popes and very many Christians.

They are named after the deacon Callixtus who, at the beginning of the third century, was appointed by pope Zephyrinus as the administrator of the cemetery and so the catacombs of St. Callixtus became the official cemetery of the Church of Rome.

over 5 years ago