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 by belgianchocolate
A remarcable monument. In Rome it is well
known since a metro station is named after
this building. When it was build it must
already have been an eye catcher.
Who are we talking about?
Gaius Cestius - He was praetor (judge) and
tribuun. He was alos a member of the
'septimviri Epulones' - the council of seven
that had to survey the holy festivities.
Also written on the piramid is that it was
build in only 330 days.
Pitty that the monument is only open for public
once in every five years.
Anyway - was this an important person.
Not really. You need to know that at that time
in Roma about 1% of the population was
aristocratic , had a high position...
and was stinking rich. To be noticed those
rich people spend huge amounts of money
to build a remarcable monument. Leave a Comment Directions: Metro piramide
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 Pyramid of Caius Cestius by martin_nlLeave a Comment Directions: Take the metro to Piramide.
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 Pyramid of Gaius Cestius by WheninRome
This pyramid was built by a rich citizen of ancient Rome (Gaius Cestius) and now serves as his tomb. You can't go inside, but it is nice to see and get a quick picture of.
We didn't spend any additional time in Testaccio; however, I wish we had. Directions: Pyramide Metro stop and go up the stair to see the pyramid across the road.
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 by ayesh
12 BC is the person whos tombe this is. It sort of bursts out of the Aurelian Wall and it´s a strange sight with all the white marmer flickering in the sun light.
The pyramid is 36 meters high and was finished in 330 days. Leave a Comment Directions: Aventino District
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 Pyramid of Cestius from
the Metro Stop, May 2007 by von.otter,
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— Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), in the preface to his "Adonais: An Elegy on The Death of John Keats"
PYRAMID TOMB The Pyramid of Cestius is a funerary monument built in 12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius Gallus, the son of a Roman consul, and himself a consul in AD 42. It is made of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble.
The peculiar conceit of a pyramid in Rome can be explained by Rome's conquest of Egypt in 30 BC; the new province's culture became fashionable in the capital.
In the third century AD, the pyramid was included in the Aurelian Walls. The towers of Porta San Paolo, also part of the Aurelian Walls, can be seen behind the 88.5-foot-tall tomb. Fittingly, the Cimitero Acattolico (Non-Catholic Cemetery), more commonly known as the English, or Protestant, Cemetery, stretches out at the base of Cestius's pyramid-shaped tomb.
Our visit to the Pyramid of Cestius was combined with a visit to the Cimitero Acattolico on a sunny day in late May 2007, which made for very good conditions for good photos. Leave a Comment Directions: Take the Metro's Red Line to the Piramide stop; the Pyramid is directly across the street.
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 by Audrey118
The Pyramid was erected in 330 days at the end of the 1st Century BC as a sepulcher for Caius Cestius Epulone, Praetor of the Tribune of the plebs and member of the College of Septemviri Epulones, in charge of solemn banquets, who died in 12 B.C. It is one of the better conserved monuments of ancient Rome. It has a base measuring 22 metres square and a height of 27 metres with a covering in white marble from Carrara. It was completed at the corners with 4 columns of which the two remaining can be found on the sides of the cemetery.
Near by is the Protestan Cemetery and also a small church, Basilica Sta Sabina which is early Christain basilica survived 5-6th century Christians. Leave a Comment
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 by Julius_CaesarLeave a Comment Directions: Piazzale Ostiense; take the Linea B metro and stop at Piramide
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