View of the Pyramid of Cestius and the Porta San Paolo in Rome, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., inscription: '137 PIRAMIDE DI GAIO CESTIO CON PORTA S. PAOLO', Rome, 1870 - c. 1895, photographer, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, height 201 mm x width 259 mm, city-gate, pyramid (marking grave), Porta San Paolo, Pyramid of Cestius, A large stone pyramid with weathered, patterned blocks fills the left side, showing a pointed top and dark streaks on its surface, while to the right a fortified stone wall with crenellations stretches toward cylindrical towers with rounded battlements and arched openings, one tower featuring small window-like apertures and another forming an arched gateway leading into a shadowed passage; a dirt road runs in front of the structures with faint wheel or track marks, a shadowed tree or foliage appears near the rightmost tower, and a group of people recline on the ground in the shaded area at the pyramid’s base.
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View of the Pyramid of Cestius and the Porta San Paolo in Rome, album page, photograph, This photo is part of an album., inscription: '137 PIRAMIDE DI GAIO CESTIO CON PORTA S. PAOLO', Rome, 1870 - c. 1895, photographer, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, height 201 mm x width 259 mm, city-gate, pyramid (marking grave), Porta San Paolo, Pyramid of Cestius, A large stone pyramid with weathered, patterned blocks fills the left side, showing a pointed top and dark streaks on its surface, while to the right a fortified stone wall with crenellations stretches toward cylindrical towers with rounded battlements and arched openings, one tower featuring small window-like apertures and another forming an arched gateway leading into a shadowed passage; a dirt road runs in front of the structures with faint wheel or track marks, a shadowed tree or foliage appears near the rightmost tower, and a group of people recline on the ground in the shaded area at the pyramid’s base.

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View Pyramid Cestius Porta San Paolo Rome album page photograph photo part album inscription 137 Piramide Di Gaio Cestio Con Porta S Paolo 1870 - c 1895 photographer paper pasteboard albumen print height 201 mm x width 259 mm city-gate pyramid marking grave large stone pyramid weathered patterned blocks fills left side showing pointed top dark streaks surface right fortified stone wall crenellations stretches cylindrical towers rounded battlements arched openings tower featuring small window- apertures another forming arched gateway leading shadowed passage dirt road runs front structures faint wheel track marks shadowed tree foliage near rightmost tower group people recline ground shaded area pyramid’s base

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