Basilica Sotterranea di Porta Maggiore Rome: Underground Mystery and Visiting Guide
Hidden beneath the busy rail approaches near Porta Maggiore is one of Rome’s strangest ancient interiors. The Basilica Sotterranea di Porta Maggiore is not a Christian basilica in the ordinary sense, but a first-century underground hall whose white stucco decoration is filled with mythological, ritual and symbolic scenes. Its purpose is still debated, which is…