Tombs

SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 67

SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 68 NOTES: The Roman bridge over the Aniene, named after Lucanus Plautius, was rebuilt several times between the 15th and 19th centuries. It is next to the Tomb of the Plautii which dates from 10-14AD.

SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 71 NOTES: This is a tomb, not a temple.

SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 72 NOTES: The brick tomb on the left dates from the 1st century AD. The circular 4th century tomb was converted into a church and then a granary.

SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 83 NOTES: The Tomb of the Plautii dates from 10-14AD.

SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 106 NOTES: This brickwork 2nd century building was long thought to be the Temple of Deus Rediculus but is now identified as the tomb of the wife of Herodes Atticus.

NOTES: The cathedral was built to a competition-winning design of 1903. It was consecrated in 1924 but only completed in 1978.

NOTES: St Lawrence was rediscovered in 1856 as it had been converted into a school and cottage. The church's age is not known, but it is thought to date from the Saxon period.