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Taken at the older part of the Protestant cemetery in Rome. There you can see the pyramid of Cestius and the Aurelian walls.
The pyramid was built 18-12 B.C. for the magistrate Gaius Cestius (the burial inside the pyramid was plundered already in Antiquity).
The Aurelian walls were built later, 271-275 A.D., and incorporated the pyramid in its walls. The gate to the far left is the Porta San Paolo - in Antiquity known as Porta Ostiensis (being the gate to the important Via Ostiense, leading to Ostia).
The Protestant cemetery (and sometimes even the English cemetery) in Rome, is now officially named Cimitero acattolico (that is 'the non-Catholic' cemetery) has been the burial ground for non-Catholics (mostly foreigners who visited the place and died there) since at least 1738 (the date of the first known burial - that of an Oxford student named Langton). Quite a lot of famous people are buried here, and it is quite an artistic and green oasis, propped against the Aurelian walls.
The new official name reflects that not all here are Englishmen, nor Protestants - they just aren't (generally) Catholic.
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La #PiramideCestia sulla #ViaOstiense, fu costruita tra il 18 e il 12 a.C. come tomba per #GaioCestioEpulone, un membro dei #SeptemviriEpulones (collegio religioso che si occupava di allestire banchetti pubblici), in calcestruzzo e mattoni rivestiti di lastre di #marmodiCarrara. Alta 36,40 metri con una base quadrata di circa 30 metri di lato, fu costruita in soli 330 giorni perché Gaio Cestio dispose espressamente nel suo testamento che gli eredi gli innalzassero il sepolcro piramidale entro tale termine, pena la perdita della ricca eredità, come ricorda l'iscrizione scolpita sul fianco orientale del monumento. Gli eredi si affrettarono ad eseguire la disposizione testamentaria, tanto che, sembra, avessero completato la costruzione con qualche giorno di anticipo. La forma si deve probabilmente alla volontà di emulazione conseguente al fatto che l'Egitto era divenuto provincia romana alcuni anni prima (30 a.C.). La resistenza strutturale del calcestruzzo ha permesso tuttavia di costruire la piramide romana con un angolo molto più acuto di quelle dell’Egitto. All’interno vi è un'unica camera sepolcrale di circa 6 metri x 4 coperta da una volta a botte e oggi completamente spoglia. Nel III secolo la piramide fu incorporata nelle #MuraAureliane diventandone un bastione mentre, ai suoi piedi, dal XVIII secolo si cominciò a seppellire gli stranieri non cattolici morti a Roma e il sito fu ufficializzato nel 1821 come #CimiterodegliInglesi (tra gli altri #JohnKeats, #PercyShelley e #AntonioGramsci).
The Piramide Cestia on the Via Ostiense, was built between 18 and 12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius Dives, a member of Septemviri Epulones (religious corporation that was in charge of setting up public banquets), in concrete and bricks covered with slabs of marble from Carrara. 36.40 meters high with a square base of 30 meters on each side, it was built in just 330 days, because Gaius Cestius expressly stipulated in her will that the heirs had to built the pyramidal tomb within that period, or risk losing the rich heritage, as noted in the inscription carved on the eastern side of the monument. The heirs hastened to execute the testamentary disposition, so much so that, it seems, had completed construction few days before deadline. The shape is probably due to a desire for emulation consequent to the fact that Egypt became a Roman province a few years earlier (30 BC). The structural strength of concrete, however, allowed to build the Roman pyramid with a much more acute angle than those of Egypt. Inside there is a single burial chamber of about 6 meters x 4 covered by a barrel vault and now completely bare. In the third century the pyramid was incorporated into the Aurelian Walls becoming a bastion of it while, at his feet, from the eighteenth century, some well known non Catholics foreigners dead in Rome were buried there and the site was formalized in 1821 as the British Cemetery (among others John Keats, Percy Shelley and Antonio Gramsci).
Roma - Italy - Domenica 14/12/2008... una tregua dopo giorni e giorni di pioggia. A destra una delle due torri di Porta San Paolo.
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Thanks to Giancarlo Mella
Left: ancient Pyramid of Cestius, c15 BCE
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Middle: Porta San Paolo, 3rdC CE - southern gate of Aurelian Walls
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The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient pyramid in Rome, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands in a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the appoximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient structures in Rome.
The pyramid was built about 18 BC-12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius Epulo, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations at Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation, measuring 100 Roman feet (22 m) square at the base and standing 125 Roman feet (27 m) high.
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La pirámide de Cestius (en italiano, Piramide di Caio Cestio o Piramide Cestia) es una antigua pirámide en Roma, cerca de la Puerta San Paolo y el Cementerio Protestante. Se encuentra en el encuentre de dos antiguas carreteras, la Vía Ostiensis y otro camino que corría hacia el oeste hasta el río Tíber más o menos a lo largo de la moderna Via della Marmorata. Debido a su incorporación en las fortificaciones de la ciudad, es hoy una de las mejor conservadas estructuras de la antigua Roma.
La pirámide fue construida alrededor del 18 aC-12 aC como una tumba para Cayo Cestius Epulo, un magistrado y miembro de una de las cuatro grandes corporaciones religiosas de Roma, el Septemviri Epulonum. Es de ladrillo con cara de hormigón cubierto con losas de mármol blanco sobre una base de travertino, de 100 pies romanos (22 m) cuadrados en la base y 125 de pie romano pies (27 m) de altura.
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The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient pyramid in Rome, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands in a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the appoximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient structures in Rome.
The pyramid was built about 18 BC-12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius Epulo, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations at Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation, measuring 100 Roman feet (22 m) square at the base and standing 125 Roman feet (27 m) high.
La Pirámide Cestia (o Pirámide de Cayo Cestio) es una pirámide de estilo egipcio que se encuentra en Roma, junto a la Porta San Paolo y al cementerio protestante de la ciudad.
Piramide Cestia e Porta San Paolo
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27/01/2017 : Roma, piazzale Ostiense : piramide di Gaio Cestio
"C(aius) Cestius L(uci) f(ilius) Pob(lilia tribu) Epulo, pr(aetor), tr(ibunus) pl(ebis),
VIIvir epulonum."
"Opus apsolutum (est) ex testamento diebus CCCXXX
arbitratu
Ponti P(ubli) f(ili) Cla(udia) Melae, heredis, et Pothi l(iberti)."
[CIL, VI, 1374 et add. p. 4688; ILS 917; HD 31693]
La Piramide Cestia (o Piramide di Caio Cestio) è una piramide di stile egizio che si trova a Roma, vicino a Porta San Paolo ed al Cimitero Protestante.
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Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. If you wish to use this image, please, contact me through flickrmail or at vicenc.feliu@gmail.com. © All rights reserved...
The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient pyramid in Rome, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands in a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the appoximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient structures in Rome.
The pyramid was built about 18 BC-12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius Epulo, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations at Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation, measuring 100 Roman feet (22 m) square at the base and standing 125 Roman feet (27 m) high.