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   Coming from Rome, along the Via Appia (S.S.7), towards the Ciampino’s 
                        Airport, at the crossroads with via dell’Aeroscalo, 
                        on the left you will find a rout paved with slabs, i.e. 
                        an ancient stretch of the Via Appia Antica, and some towers. 
                        This rout leads to Frattocchie, where it stops near Santa 
                        Maria delle Mole. Recently it has been restored and therefore 
                        it can be completely crossed.
 Continuing to cross Via Appia you will reach the town 
                        of Albano Laziale, rich in archaeological ruins: ancient 
                        villas (villa 
                        di Pompeo), and structures built when the 
                        town hosted the roman soldiers of the Seconda Legione 
                        Partica: an amphitheatre, 
                        the Cisternoni (water tanks); the thermal building, a 
                        structure utilized as a nympheum from the emperor Domitian 
                        in his villa, (Church of Santa 
                        Maria della Rotonda) and the baths of Cellomaio, 
                        within the Church of San Pietro.
 
 Leaving the Via Appia near the Church of Santa 
                        Maria della Stella, (via della Stella) you 
                        will cross again an ancient stretch of the Via Appia Antica; 
                        after the first roundabout you will reach the ruins of 
                        one of the gate built along the Via Appia Antica. This 
                        road leads to Genzano, and crossing this stretch it is 
                        possible to see its substratum.
 
 In Genzano turn again to via Appia. Once you reach this 
                        town, visit the ruins of the goddess Diana’s temple 
                        and the Museum which preserves two ancient roman ships. 
                        Cross Corso Don Minzoni, at the centre of the town, till 
                        the crossroads with via S. Silvestri, and follow the road 
                        signs towards Lanuvio. In Lanuvio you will find again 
                        an ancient stretch of this old road flanked by walls built 
                        in opus quadratum. Visit also the ruins of the temple 
                        of “Giunone 
                        Sospita”.
 
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