An up-and-coming area centred on the strange Monte Testaccio, an ancient, artificial mountain made of shards of broken pottery, and the Mattatoio, once a slaughterhouse but now an arts district and home to the architecture faculty of the Università Roma Tre.
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Testaccio
Rione: Testaccio
Nearby places
- Tiber Island (1.4 km)
- Palatine Hill (1.4 km)
- Trastevere (1.5 km)
- Jewish Quarter (1.6 km)
- Piazzale Caffarelli (1.7 km)
The Piramide di Caio Cestio. Built c. 15 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate.
A shack at the foot of Monte Testaccio.
The Mattatoio, the former slaughterhouse in Testaccio.
The Mattatoio, the former slaughterhouse in Testaccio.
The market in Testaccio.
The market in Testaccio.
The Giardino Harvey Milk, in Testaccio.
Apartment buildings in Testaccio.
“Vote yes: I love the sea.” Graffiti in Testaccio.
Apartment buildings in Testaccio.
The Piazza Testaccio, with its fountain that references the amphora that used to be stowed here – and that the Monte Testaccio is made from.
A butchers in Testaccio.
“Face and tripe” – eating the “fifth quarter” at Flavio al Velavevodetto in Testaccio.
Cacio e pepe at Flavio al Velavevodetto in Testaccio.
The grave of John Keats.
The Piramide di Caio Cestio from inside the non-Catholic cemetery.
The grave of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
A train pulling into Porta San Paolo station, with the iconic pyramid in the background.
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius lurks in the background of a street scene in Ostiense.