Rome/Testaccio
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Testaccio is a district of Rome. It is an area to the southwest of the Aventino along the bank of the Tiber and is named for the eighth hill of Rome. The manmade hill that was built from discarded pot amphoras (testae) in Roman times. In Testaccio you can find great traditional roman restaurants, and at night the zone is filled with discos.
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Monte Testaccio (alternatively spelled Monte Testaceo; also known as Monte dei cocci) is an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of testae (Italian: cocci), fragments of broken amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire. It is one of the largest spoil heaps found anywhere in the ancient world, covering an area of 20,000 m² at its base and with a volume of approximately 580,000 m³. It has a circumference of nearly 1 km (0.6 miles) and stands 35 m (115 ft) high, though it was probably considerably higher in ancient times.[1][2] It stands a short distance away from the east bank of the River Tiber, near the Horrea Galbae where the state-controlled reserve of olive oil was stored in the late second century AD
