{"id":80,"date":"2017-05-26T12:39:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T10:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paparex.it\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2017-06-23T13:33:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T11:33:06","slug":"pyramid-of-cestius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paparex.it\/blog\/pyramid-of-cestius\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyramid of Cestius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The Pyramid of Cestius (Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient pyramid near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands at a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the approximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city&#8217;s fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pyramid was built about 18\u201312 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations in Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation. The pyramid measures 100 Roman feet (29.6 m) square at the base and stands 125 Roman feet (37 m) high.<\/p>\n<p>In the interior is the burial chamber, a simple barrel-vaulted rectangular cavity measuring 5.95 metres long, 4.10 m wide and 4.80 m high. When opened in 1660, the chamber was found to be decorated with frescoes, which were recorded by Pietro Santi Bartoli. Only scant traces of these frescoes survive, and no trace of any other contents. 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