Souvenir des Catacombes de St Calliste - Rome Italy - Postcard SP24

Color-illustrated souvenir postcard of the Catacombes de St Calliste on the Via Appia Antica in Rome, Italy.

Scene Details:

• Header reads "Souvenir des Catacombes de St Calliste" and the front combines several views of the catacomb site
• An underground crypt with a vaulted ceiling and a stone altar fills the upper left view
• A fresco panel showing a figure standing between two lions appears in a red arch at the lower left
• A golden Chi-Rho monogram emblem sits at the centre beside a painted palm branch
• An ancient fresco of a robed figure beside a tomb door appears in the upper right view
• The carved inscription "AETERIVM S' CALLISTI" runs across a stone panel, and the address "Via Appia Antica 33 - Roma" is printed in red
• "Droits de reproduction reserves" is printed along the left edge, with a Lit. Salomone Roma printer's mark in the lower left corner

The back is a Cartolina Postale Italiana (Carte Postale d'Italie) layout and is unused, with no stamps, messages, or markings.

Please zoom into and look closely at the front and back photos to view condition, and feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. Thank you, D