Rome Sights

Mausoleo delle Fosse Ardeatine

#183 of 963 things to do in Rome

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  • Address
    • Via Ardeatina 174
  • Transport
    • Via Appia Antica
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 06 513 67 42
  • Hours
    • 8.15am-3.30pm Mon-Fri, to 4.45pm Sat & Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Mausoleo delle Fosse Ardeatine

This moving mausoleum is dedicated to the victims of Rome’s worst WWII atrocity. Buried here, outside the Ardeatine Caves, are 335 Italians shot by the Nazis on 24 March 1944. Following the massacre, ordered in reprisal for a partisan attack, the Germans used mines to explode sections of the caves and bury the bodies. After the war, the bodies were exhumed, identified and reburied in a mass grave at the site, now marked by a huge concrete slab and sculptures. At the site there is also a tiny museum dedicated to the Italian resistance to the German occupation.

 

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