Monte Testaccio

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, some of which were labelled with tituli picti.
sovraintendenzaroma.it
Wikipedia
Photo: Lalupa, Public domain.
  • Archaeological site
  • …is also known as “Monte de‘ Cocci”
  • Description: Artificial mountain made from broken Roman pottery

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pyramid of Caius Cestius and Aventine Hill.

Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid… is situated 460 metres east of Monte Testaccio.

Peak
Photo: Fiat 500e, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient was built.

Cemetery
Photo: LuciusCommons, Public domain.
The Non-Catholic Cemetery, also referred to as the… is situated 320 metres east of Monte Testaccio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aventino-Testaccio and Trastevere.

Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of .

Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a district in .

Locality
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , which is the centremost of the…

Monte Testaccio

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
41.87634° or 41° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
12.47533° or 12° 28′ 31″ east
Open location code
8FHJVFGG+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23921018
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q781595

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Monte Testaccio” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տեստաչչո”
  • Basque: “Testaccio mendia”
  • Catalan: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Cebuano: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Chinese: “陶片山”
  • Dutch: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت تيستاكسيو”
  • Esperanto: “Testaccio”
  • Finnish: “Monte Testaccio”
  • French: “Mont Testaccio”
  • French: “Monte Testaccio”
  • German: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Hungarian: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Italian: “monte Testaccio”
  • Italian: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Japanese: “モンテ・テスタッチョ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Norwegian: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Persian: “مونته تیستاچو”
  • Polish: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Testácio”
  • Russian: “Тестаччо”
  • Slovenian: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Spanish: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Swedish: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Turkish: “Monte Testaccio”
  • Venetian: “Monte Testaso”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Monte Testaccio”.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Parco Testaccio and Chiesa Apostolica.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Caffè Latino and Flavio al Velavevodetto.

Rome: Highlights

Learn more about North Centre and Old Rome.

Curious Archaeological Sites to Discover

Uncover intriguing archaeological sites from every corner of the globe.