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On the Via Latina street, at number 55, an ancient columbarium has been found.
It is called Tower of the Angel but it definitely is a tomb of II CE (Antonine dinasty).
The building is partially underneath and is composed bu three levels: only two
Are still visible.
The upper lever is sormounted by annelegant pediment and was probably enriched with the statue of the deceased; elegant columns border the two sides.
The construction has been built with red bricks and is sorrounded by a fence that includes a series of niches Via Latina tomb II century AD (detail of the upper level witVia Latina Tomb, side with a staircase and a columbariun
That once contained the funerary vases (columbarium). A staircase was built later.
In the medieval time the structure was turned in a tower to control and defend the passage. Via Latina tomb, detail of the columbariumAncient Roman tomb on 55, Via Latina, RomeVia Latina tomb, photo of the actual position at the entrancVia Latina Tomb, II century AD
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