It's located in the shadow of the Cestia pyramid along the Aureiane walls.Every corner of the graveyard offers a wonderful display of plants and flowers, romantic statues and pretty,tree-lined paths.
The name 'catacomb' originated in this spot, where a complex of underground burial sites situated near a tufa quarry was described as being kata kymbas - 'near the quarry'.
Don't die here! Unless you want to have hammered your skeleton to the wall...
"La tomba più bella di tutte se ne sta abbandonata sotto un grande cipresso, l'ultimo domicilio conosciuto di Stella Bonheur, uno strano sarcofago, mezzo egizio e mezzo cristiano" (M. Lodoli - Isole)
