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Built on the ruins of a majestic Roman villa, the central part was made up by a low building in "opus quadratum", formerly a sepulchral cell of the Republican era, readapted from the Vth century as a Christian oratory. It had double iron grating at the windows, from which was drawn the name of the surrounding area, called Cryptaferrata [then Grottaferrata]. But the research, of a scientific-character, could also lead to unexpected findings; to date, in fact, no one has yet found the small silver coffin that preserves the mortal remains of St. Nilo.