Showing posts with label Monte Testaccio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monte Testaccio. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Campo Testaccio: AS Roma's Historic Field

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Today, it's entirely overgrown, a swath of land in the heart of the city, abandoned to nature and inhabited by the homeless.  You can pe...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

A. S. Roma's Soccer Field: Soon to be a Parking Lot

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Stadio Olimpico, current home of A.S. Roma.  At left, a few of the 1930s statues that line the Foro Italico athletic field.  A.S. Rom...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Testaccio's New Market: RST Weighs In

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Tables outside a bar - the only classic Rome bar - in the market Testaccio's new market opened Monday, July 2, to rave reviews from ...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

RST Top 40. #8: Monte Testaccio and l'ex Mattatoio - play among Roman ruins

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 Looking down into Testaccio from the Monte  We’ve always been intrigued by Monte Testaccio – the “mountain” made of ancient Roman ca...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Green Thumb Series: Gubbio Garden Shop

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We're not gardeners.  Dianne does what she has to do with our 5 X 10 plot in Buffalo, though not without complaining.  Bill cuts unsight...
Monday, February 8, 2010

RST Top 40. #26: Best Market in Rome...Piazza....

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Romans (and tourists) are fiercely proud of and defensive about their locals markets, so in choosing a "best" market for Rome th...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Another mountain to climb: Testaccio, from Roman detritus

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Monte Testaccio, the "mountain" that is the unusual high point in the former slaughterhouse neighborhood of Testaccio, is an archa...