Monte dei Cocci in Testaccio

From an Ancient Roman Landfill to the First Urban Cheese Aging Cave

Have you ever heard about Monte dei Cocci, in the Testaccio neighborhood?
Rome is a city where you can breath history and, in a certain way, has anticipated many topics that are now at the center of international debates.

Some examples? In antiquity, the availability of water, with the construction of aqueducts, or the integration of foreign citizens were already priorities for the empire.
Today, one of the key issues discussed by political leaders is the ecological transition, the impact of climate change, and global warming.

Measures like, proper waste sorting, avoiding the depletion of natural resources, and conscious consumption have become more urgent than ever, but are being implemented at different paces in various countries.

In Vienna, for example, the city government encourages appliance repairs with a 50% reimbursement to maximize their lifespan, but what does this have to do with Monte dei Cocci in Rome?

Monte dei Cocci is an artificial hill, 54 meters high and 1 kilometer long, formed by hundreds of “cocci” or pieces of terracotta objects like broken amphorae.
It is located in the Testaccio neighborhood, whose name derives from the Latin "testae," meaning "cocci" or fragment.