Across town and near the Testaccio neighborhood is Porto Fluviale, a trattoria, pizzeria and bar whose black-and-white lacquered-tile design evokes memories of Italian bars from days past.

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Until now, no major shipyard building for Rome had been identified, apart from the possibility of one on the Tiber near Monte Testaccio, and a smaller one recently claimed for the neighbouring river port at Ostia.

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