admin on December 17th, 2009

    Catacombe di San Sebastiano/ Catacombs of St. Sebastian Via Appia Antica, 136 00179 Rome, Italy tel. +39/06/7887035 fax +39/06/7843745 website: www.catacombe.org Closed on Sundays Hours: 9.00 – 12.00 and 14.00 – 17.00 Currently, 6 € full price; 3 € reduced fee – projected increase 01/01/2010   The Catacombs of St. Sebastian were among [...]

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admin on December 17th, 2009

  Picture from www.vatican.va   Catacombe di Domitilla/Catacombs of Domitilla Via delle Sette Chiese, 282/0 00147 Rome, Italy tel. +39/06/5110342, 06/5133956 fax +39/06/51354 61 Website: http://domitilla.soverdi.eu Email: info@domitilla.soverdi.eu Closed on Tuesdays Hours: 9.00 – 12.00 and 14.00 – 17.00 8 € full price; 5 € reduced fee   The Catacombs of Domitilla are among the [...]

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admin on December 17th, 2009

  From http://www.santagnese.org/   Catacombe di Sant’Agnese/ Catacombs of St. Agnes Via Nomentana, 349 00162 Roma, Italy Telephone +39 06 861 08 40 Website http://www.santagnese.org/ Closed on Sunday mornings and on Monday afternoons Hours: 9.00 – 12.00 and 16.00 – 18.00 8 € full price; 5 € reduced fee (effective 01/01/2010)   The Catacombs of St. [...]

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admin on December 17th, 2009

     Catacombe di Priscilla/Catacombs of Priscilla Via Salaria, 430 00199 Rome, Italy tel/fax: +39/06/86206272 Website: http://www.catacombepriscilla.com/pagine-eng/home.htm Closed on Mondays Hours: 8:30 – 12.00 and 14.30 – 17.00 8 € full price; 5 € reduced fee (effective 01/01/2010)   The Catacombs of Priscilla were probably founded by the noblewoman Priscilla who donated the land on [...]

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admin on August 16th, 2009

Rome is blessed with a wide variety of places to shop… and you cannot enjoy Rome – or any city in Italy – without visiting a local market. Fortunately, in Rome there is an abundance of “local” markets. Markets in Rome sell foods, collectables, flowers, antiques… you name it you can probably find it here [...]

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admin on April 1st, 2009

 One of our favorite Sunday morning activities is to head over to Porta Portese, the largest “flea market” in Rome. Thank goodness it’s only open on Sundays. The vendors, thousands of them, start setting up early in the morning, and the market usually opens around 7 AM. Depending on the weather – and the crowds [...]

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