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Neighborhood: Testaccio neighborhood

The Testaccio district at the foot of the Aventine Hill, south of central Rome, is a working-class neighborhood with a lively nightlife. The peculiar hill of Monte Testaccio is an artificial mound resulting from the accumulation of amphora fragments during antiquity.

Ex-Mattatoio of Rome

Near Monte Testaccio, the Mattatoio complex corresponds to a former slaughterhouse in Rome, built between 1888 and 1891 by the architect Gioacchino Ersoch. Industrial architecture and contemporary exhibitions This site is one of the most important examples of industrial archaeology in Rome, featuring a modern and rational structure characteristic of the late 19th century.It was […]