Editing Pyramid of Cestius (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Roman pyramid, a landmark of Rome, Italy}}
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|image=Pyramide 564.jpg 
|caption=The Pyramid of Cestius
|location=''[[Regio XIII Aventinus]]''
|built={{circa}} 12 BC
|builder=Gaius Cestius
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The '''pyramid of Cestius''' (in [[Italian language|Italian]], ''Piramide di Caio Cestio'' or ''Piramide Cestia'') is an [[ancient Roman]] [[pyramid]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], near the [[Porta San Paolo]] and the [[Protestant Cemetery, Rome|Protestant Cemetery]]. It was built in the style of the [[Nubian pyramids]] as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a member of the [[Epulones]] religious corporation.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pyramid of Cestius and Porta San Paolo|url=https://izi.travel/it/4499-the-pyramid-of-cestius-and-porta-san-paolo/en|website=izi.travel}}</ref> 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 Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.