Note 36-1 — Eine Studentengeschichte
Reading edition
Page 36.—36-1. Monte Testaccio (Ital., pronounce testat´scho) = "Mountain of Sherds."—Just beyond the limits of the Protestant Cemetery in Rome (see Page 29, Note 3), a wide and lofty hill rises, called "Monte Testaccio" which at first looks as if it were a natural elevation of the ground, but on examination proves to be nothing but sherds of broken wine-jars. It was doubtless once the site of the manufacture of these articles.