Funerary practices and rites are preserved especially clearly in the necropolis that extends along the Via Triumphalis (a Roman road now known as the Via Trionfale), with burial sites accompanied ...

Debuting last Friday, November 17, guided tours of the Necropolis of Via Triumphalis on weekends offer visitors the chance to see well-preserved Ancient Roman burials dating between the 1st and ...

The Via Cornelia necropolis is considered to hold the tomb of St. Peter, the first pope. Another part of the Via Triumphalis necropolis was dug up in the 1950s during work to build another Vatican ...

A gate along the Vatican's walls has been opened, providing a new entrance to the Via Triumphalis Necropolis, an ancient Roman “city for the dead”. Hidden in the depths of Vatican City lies an ...

The Roman necropolis stood on the current hill of the Vatican along the ancient Via Triumphalis. Until now, only a small area of about 1,000 square meters has been investigated by archaeologists.

Tourist visits of the Vatican Gardens and to the Necropolis of the Via Triumphalis museum are also to be suspended. All Vatican museums will be closed on Saturday, the day of Pope Francis' funeral ...