Roseto comunale
Municipal rose garden on a former Jewish cemetery, with paths shaped like a menorah.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Roseto comunale in Rome uncovers what lies beneath the flower beds: from 1645 to 1934, this Aventine hillside was Rome's Jewish cemetery, until the city built a road and every grave was moved across town. You'll hear how the roses arrived in 1950, and how the garden's paths were laid out in the shape of a menorah in memory of the cemetery beneath them. Look for the dark cypress trees on the slope, standing here through the cemetery's last decades.
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