Rome‘s 9th quartiere lies sandwiched between the Via Appia Antica and the Via Appia Nuova. Since the Via Latina cuts the district in half, it came to be called Appio Latino.
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Via Appia Antica Rome
The Via Appia Antica is the most famous and best preserved of the ancient Roman so-called “consular roads”. It is also called Regina Viarum (“Queen amongst Streets”) and was built in 312 BC by the censor Appio Claudio Cieco, who had earlier had the first aqueduct built in Rome. The English name for the street is Appian Way.
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One of the Rome markets mentioned in almost every travel guide about the city is the Via Sannio market. This probably has more to do with the location of this market, almost attached to the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran, than with the quality of the street market itself, though.
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Once upon a time Saint Peter was walking along the ancient Appian Way and who did he meet but a (vision of) Jesus. Domine Quo Vadis?, Saint Peter asked, or in other words, “Where are You going, Lord?” Jesus, always ready for an answer, replied “Eo Romam iterum crucifigi” (“I am going to Rome in order to be crucified again”). Saint Peter thus decided to return to Rome and accept martyrdom.
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The Catacombs of Aproniano in Rome are probably named after the owner of the area and stem from the 4th century AD. Most of this catacomb cannot be visited because the precarious condition of the structure.
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The Porta di San Sebastiano was formerly called the Porta Appia and is the biggest gate in the Aurelian Walls in Rome. Nowadays the towers flanking the gate host a museum dedicated to the history of Rome’s city walls, called the Museo delle Mura.
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The San Cesareo in Palatio Church in Rome is also called the San Cesareo de Appia and is dedicated to the Holy martyr Caesarius of Africa. In 1517 Pope Leo X made it into a titular church. It is only open on Sunday mornings.
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