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Pyramid of Cestius

Piramide di Caio Cestio, Piramide Cestia, Pyramid of Cestius

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Pyramid of Cestius

Piramide di Caio Cestio, Piramide Cestia, Pyramid of Cestius

Italy, Rome

The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman mausoleum in the form of an irregular pyramid on the Aventine in Rome, next to the gates of San Paolo.

The pyramid is located at the fork of two ancient roads: the Ostian and the other leading west to the Tiber River approximately along the modern Via della Marmorata. Built between 18 and 12 years. BC e. for Gaius Cestius Epulon, magistrate and member of one of the four great Roman priestly colleges, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is a well-preserved building made of concrete, lined with brick and marble. The height is 125 Roman feet (or 36.4 meters), the length of the base is 100 Roman feet (30 meters). Inside the pyramid there is a crypt 5.95 m long, 4.10 m wide and 4.80 m high. Nearby is a non-Catholic cemetery with the graves of Shelley, Keats and Bryullov.

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lesiaukrainka

Traveled 16 years ago

Rating 5

Pyramid in the center of Rome

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius is an unusual funerary monument built in imitation of the Egyptian pyramids. It’s not worth going specifically to look, because if you pass by on the way.→

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