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From here, you can climb the view of the city of Rome, where it is estimated that the pottery hill was made by 53 million pots.
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Monte Testaccio Highlights: Must-See Features and Attractions
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Like the four-leaf clover, for Europeans, clay/pottery products are also auspicious things that can bring luck. The mountain of pottery in Rome (in the ancient Roman language, Testaccio means clay) is actually made of pottery products more than a thousand years ago. It used to be a trading market in ancient Rome. At that time, food, oil and wine were of course not in plastic bags, but in oval earthen pots with narrow necks or other earthenware containers, and then passed through the Tiber River. Wade all the way to Rome. The useless pots were thrown aside. By the end of the 4th century AD, the pottery piece mountain was basically formed. At present, the pottery piece mountain has a circumference of about 1 km and a height of 45 meters. The older pottery vessels on the mountain came from Baetica in ancient Rome and were mainly used to hold olive oil. Manufacturers' stamps and other markers can also be identified on these pottery vessels, allowing archaeologists and sociologists to analyze the economic details of ancient Rome at the time. It is estimated that the mountain of pottery pieces was made of 53 million pots.
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Monte Testaccio Reviews: Insider Insights and Visitor Experiences
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From here, you can climb the view of the city of Rome, where it is estimated that the pottery hill was made by 53 million pots.
It was once a trading market in ancient Rome, and from it you can climb the view of the city of Rome
It’s a place that’s close to creativity, but there’s nothing to see, generally
I was part of an archaeological team that excavated here in 2011, so I have different things to say about Monte Testaccio than most people would. It's not open to the public and from the outside it just looks like a huge pile of dirt with some trees on it (it's actually made of ancient amphorae), but it is a truly fascinating place and has had a big impact on the area in general.
A local high point can be described as a mountain, from which you can climb the views of the city of Rome, mostly yellow walls and a pyramid-like structure. But there is also a cemetery on the mountain, and the lush rooms are dotted with some closed historical buildings and ruins.