Discover the catacombs from the 3rd century AD and the Middle Ages

The exceptional state of preservation of the rooms decorated with frescoes, the high artistic value and the religious interest make the Roman houses of Celio a fundamental stage in the exploration of ancient Rome. The spacious interiors, originally shops and storerooms of a multi-storey residential building (insula), were transformed into an elegant domus in the 3rd century AD. Here you can admire some of the most beautiful frescoes of late antiquity.

From December 20, 2025, until March 22, 2026, the Case Romane del Celio will host the exhibition Apparizioni by Claudio Palmieri, curated by Romina Guidelli. 

The Apparizioni exhibition aims to highlight how Palmieri's solid technical knowledge allows him to move easily from painting to sculpture, through the use of diverse materials, belonging to both more traditional and radically innovative languages. A selection of 20 sculptures has been chosen for the Case Romane del Celio, spanning the master's different artistic periods and presenting his concept of matter, understood as the encounter and combination of a plurality of materials: a physical and central node from which form unfolds, giving life to the encounter between idea, instinct, and emotion in infinite possibilities of events.