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46: 254: 83: 68: 831: 1050: 327:, Testaccio has always had a strong identity, even if it had often a bad reputation, especially due to the countless traffics that took place in the harbor. In 1884 an inquiry launched by the municipality bestowed on Testaccio the national record in alcohol usage, while between the 1980s and the 90s it was the stronghold of the so-called 264:
Until the urban recovery that took place after 1870, which destined a huge area to industrial and manufacturing purposes, the borough was chiefly inhabited by poor farmers and shepherds, it was vulnerable to the Tiber floods and infested by
312:. The first town plan, in 1873, designated the area for the industrial expansion of Rome because of the level terrain and of the several communication routes with the city, such as 389:, the social kernel of the borough, where the church and the theatre are: the square has an ample park in the middle, which is named after the Di Consiglio family, fallen in the 475:, Via Marmorata (named after the countless marbles and stones arriving at the harbour in the past centuries), Via Caio Cestio (named after the Roman magistrate for whom the 353:
has made it increasingly attractive to tourists. The neighbourhood is home to several of Rome's culinary highlights. Testaccio's reputation among tourists is expanding.
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In modern times, the area became a center of activity for butchers. Testaccio was one of Rome's traditional working-class neighbourhoods, but the recent process of
859: 308:, is born as a residential extension of the productive area, housing the laborers of the several industries that arose at the end of 19th century by the side of 250:) were stacked creating the artificial Testaccio hill, which today is a source of much archaeological evidence as to the history of ancient everyday Roman life. 45: 82: 910: 965: 273:) was public and commonly used by the citizens as a recreation ground, traditional destination of holiday trips and of the typical 774: 67: 980: 1079: 751: 181: 800: 410:(R. XXI) by the portion of Via Marmorata between Piazzale Ostiense and Largo Manlio Gelsomini, while the boundary with 903: 834: 1000: 650: 1030: 1005: 407: 253: 813: 940: 642: 1074: 1053: 896: 460:
Roads and squares of Testaccio are mostly named after explorers, scientists and engineers. Odonyms of the
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beside Viale del Campo Boario, between Ponte San Paolo and Piazzale Ostiense.
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has been the home stadium of the football club between 1929 and 1940.
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To the west and to the north, Testaccio borders with
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The Pyramid of Cestius and Porta San Paolo
Pyramid of Cestius
Porta San Paolo
Official seal of Testaccio
Position of the rione within the center of the city
Region
Lazio
Province
Rome
Comune
Demonym
Time zone
UTC+1
CET
DST
UTC+2
CEST
[teˈstattʃo]
rione
Rome
Monte Testaccio
Municipio I
amphora
Tiber
clay
amphorae

malaria
Aurelian Walls
Via Ostiense

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