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Lesser-known places in Rome

Rome under the Rome everyone sees: three churches stacked on each other, statues among power station turbines, a crypt of bones and aqueduct arches in a field.

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  1. Basilica di San Clemente

    • Temple, church or shrine
    • Daytime

    A 12th-century church over a 4th-century church over a 1st-century house and temple to Mithras; you walk down through each.

    Getting there
    Via Labicana, a short walk east of the Colosseum.
    Best time
    Weekday mornings.
    Cost
    About €10 for the excavationscheck
    Visit with respect
    Mass may be on in the upper church; no photos in the excavations.
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    Approximate position 41.8893, 12.4975 · Italy

  2. Centrale Montemartini

    • Museum
    • Daytime

    Classical statues from the Capitoline collections set among the turbines and diesel engines of Rome's first power station.

    Getting there
    Via Ostiense; Garbatella Metro.
    Best time
    Weekdays; closed Mondayscheck.
    Cost
    About €11–13check
    Visit with respect
    No flash.
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    Approximate position 41.8670, 12.4775 · Italy

  3. Capuchin Crypt

    • Odd one
    • Daytime
    • Not for everyone

    Chapels decorated with the bones of about 3,700 friars, arranged into arches, rosettes and chandeliers.

    Getting there
    Via Veneto; Barberini Metro.
    Best time
    Morning.
    Cost
    About €10–12check
    Visit with respect
    It is a religious site: quiet, covered shoulders, no photos.
    Not for everyone
    Human remains everywhere.
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    Approximate position 41.9045, 12.4885 · Italy

  4. Quartiere Coppedè

    • Street or quarter
    • Daytime

    A 1920s cluster of buildings mixing Art Nouveau, medieval and Babylonian fantasy, with a frog fountain and a huge chandelier hanging in an arch.

    Getting there
    Piazza Mincio; tram 3 or 19.
    Best time
    Late afternoon.
    Cost
    Free
    Visit with respect
    Residential: photograph from the street only.
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    Approximate position 41.9170, 12.5050 · Italy

  5. Non-Catholic Cemetery and Pyramid of Cestius

    • History
    • Daytime

    Keats and Shelley's cemetery under cypresses beside a 1st-century BC pyramid, with a colony of cats.

    Getting there
    Via Caio Cestio; Piramide Metro.
    Best time
    Morning.
    Cost
    Suggested donation about €5check
    Visit with respect
    Quiet, and do not feed the cats.
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    Approximate position 41.8765, 12.4800 · Italy

  6. Aventine keyhole and orange garden

    • Viewpoint
    • Early morning

    A keyhole in the Knights of Malta's door that frames St Peter's dome at the end of a hedge avenue, next to a garden with views over the city.

    Getting there
    Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, Aventine Hill; Circo Massimo Metro, then uphill.
    Best time
    Early morning, before the queue.
    Cost
    Free
    Visit with respect
    Take your turn; the door is private property, so look but do not push.
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    Approximate position 41.8830, 12.4780 · Italy

  7. Parco degli Acquedotti

    • Park or garden
    • Evening

    Arches of two Roman aqueducts marching across open fields in the south-east of the city, with sheep grazing some days.

    Getting there
    Giulio Agricola or Subaugusta Metro.
    Best time
    Sunset.
    Cost
    Free
    Visit with respect
    Do not climb the arches.
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    Approximate position 41.8520, 12.5620 · Italy

How places get on this list
  • Fewer visitors than the city's top sights: no place on the usual first-day list.
  • Open to the public: a street, park, market, museum or place of worship anyone can walk into, or a tour anyone can book.
  • Legal and safe to visit as described. We leave out private property, closed or fenced sites, abandoned buildings, active rail lines, rooftops and rock pools known for drownings.
  • Where access is limited (Hanoi's Train Street, Berlin's Spreepark, Barcelona's bunkers), we say what the rules are and how to see it without breaking them.
  • Prices, hours and access rules change: anything marked check was right when written but should be confirmed on the day.

Checked 2026-09. Coordinates are approximate; use the map links to find the entrance.