Rome

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Rome

5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Rome.

UNESCO sites in Rome

• Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le MuraCultural · 1980 · 2 km

  Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, Rome was first the centre of the Roman Republic, then of the Roman Empire, and it became the capital of the Christian world in the 4th century. The World Heri…

• Via Appia. Regina ViarumCultural · 2024 · 5 km

  More than 800 kilometres long, the Via Appia is the oldest and most important of the great roads built by the Ancient Romans. Constructed and developed from 312 BCE to the 4th century CE, it was originally conceived as a…

• Villa Adriana (Tivoli)Cultural · 1999 · 22 km

  The Villa Adriana (at Tivoli, near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century A.D. by the Roman emperor Hadrian. It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of Egypt…

• Villa d'Este, TivoliCultural · 2001 · 25 km

  The Villa d'Este in Tivoli, with its palace and garden, is one of the most remarkable and comprehensive illustrations of Renaissance culture at its most refined. Its innovative design along with the architectural compone…

• Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and TarquiniaCultural · 2004 · 36 km

  These two large Etruscan cemeteries reflect different types of burial practices from the 9th to the 1st century BC, and bear witness to the achievements of Etruscan culture. Which over nine centuries developed the earlie…