Attraction · Rome · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Catacombe di San Sebastiano in Rome

Catacombe di San Sebastiano is an attraction in Rome, Lazio. This place has a story in the app. 1 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby is within 1 km. Within 50 m you'll find a bench, a public toilet and a water point.

Directions in Google Maps

Catacombe di San Sebastiano in Rome, photo 2

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The story

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Story · Catacombe di San Sebastiano

You're standing on the Via Appia Antica, outside Rome's old city wall, by the basilica of San Sebastiano. Right beneath your feet lies one of the city's best-known catacombs. Take a look at the ground along the road. Notice how it dips here? That hollow gave this place its ancient name: in catacumbas, Greek for 'close to the cavity'. Over time the word spread to every underground cemetery. So every catacomb in the world is, in a way, named after this very spot.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Opening hours and admission

Opening hours: 9:30-17:30
Wheelchair: Not accessible

Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.

Photos

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Facilities near Catacombe di San Sebastiano

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No bike pump or food stand within 1 km.

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