Old Cemetary Walls

Piramide Cestius

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September 12th 2017
9am tram to Termini & then meant to catch the A Line Metro to Popolo...however there was a 3 hour Strike on that line so we jumped on the B Line to Piramide Cestius. Looked magnificant in the bright sunlight...obviuosly been fixed up since 18-12BC. Piramide of Cestius: The pyramid was built about 18–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more