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Tomb No. I or "Peter and Paul" is the first of the tombs to have been spared over the centuries. It was discovered in the 1780s while preparing the construction of the future Chapter Archives. Its tomb is painted and boasts the most beautiful series of frescoes of any building in Sopianae.

Fine Art Gallery

At the Peter and Paul tomb, the walls of the northern apse and the buttressed sides of the upper tomb chapel can still be observed. In front of it there was once a portico resting on four columns, similar to tomb V. Rarely, the tomb also has a small vestibule. There were also some wall paintings, such as a fragment of a candelabrum, but unfortunately these could not be saved. 

On the lower level of the exhibition, at the back, on the left, you can enter the showroom under the Peter and Paul tomb (the very small size of the tomb prevents us from seeing the interior in all its beauty). Looking up, you can admire an internationally outstanding example of 4th century Early Christian wall painting - unfortunately only fragmentary here and there.

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