Aventino-Testaccio
Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of Rome. Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 7,670 residents
- Description: 20th rione of Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Testaccio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aventine Hill and Pyramid of Caius Cestius.
Aventine Hill
Peak
Photo: Fiat 500e, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aventine Hill is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the modern twelfth rione, or ward, of Rome.
Pyramid of Caius Cestius
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It was built in the style of the Nubian pyramids as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation.
Monte Testaccio
Archaeological site
Photo: Lalupa, Public domain.
Monte Testaccio or Monte Testaceo, also known as Monte dei Cocci, is an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of testae, fragments of broken ancient Roman pottery, nearly all discarded amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire, some of which were labelled with tituli picti.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trastevere and Colosseo.
Trastevere
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trastevere is a district in Rome. The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today Trastevere is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Esquilino-San Giovanni
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
Esquilino and San Giovanni are adjacent neighborhoods in Rome. Esquilino is named for the Esquiline hill on which it stands. It lies south of the Termini station and is centred more or less on the Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II.
Aventino-Testaccio
- Categories: rione of Rome and neighborhood
- Location: Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Aventino-Testaccio” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Testaccio”
- Belarusian: “Тэстача (раён)”
- Belarusian: “Тэстача”
- Catalan: “Testaccio”
- Chinese: “泰斯塔西奥”
- Chinese: “泰斯塔西奧”
- Czech: “Testaccio”
- Dutch: “Aventino-Testaccio”
- Dutch: “Testaccio”
- Finnish: “Testaccio”
- French: “Aventino-Testaccio”
- French: “Testaccio”
- Georgian: “ტესტაჩო”
- German: “Testaccio”
- Hebrew: “טסטאצ’יו”
- Italian: “rione Testaccio”
- Italian: “Testaccio”
- Japanese: “テスタッチョ”
- Korean: “테스타초”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Testaccio”
- Norwegian: “Rione Testaccio”
- Polish: “Testaccio”
- Portuguese: “Testaccio”
- Russian: “Тестачио”
- Russian: “Тестаччо”
- Serbian: “Testaccio”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Testaccio”
- Spanish: “Testaccio”
- Swedish: “Testaccio”
- Turkish: “Testaccio”
- Ukrainian: “Тестацціо”
- Ukrainian: “Тестаччо”
- “Testaccio”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Aventino-Testaccio”. Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0.