{"id":2820,"date":"2015-03-04T07:35:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T06:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scuolaromit.it\/articoli\/?p=342"},"modified":"2021-05-03T11:57:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:57:45","slug":"the-cats-of-rome-from-largo-argentina-to-the-pyramid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scuolaromit.com\/en\/the-cats-of-rome-from-largo-argentina-to-the-pyramid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cats of Rome: from Largo Argentina to the Pyramid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eternal City boasts an ancient love for cats that goes back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scuolaromit.com\/en\/imperial-fora\/\" title=\"Rome - Imperial Fora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imperial Rome<\/a>, when cats were considered to be a pet and a loyal companion of the earthly life and the afterlife. Many names and surnames in ancient Rome derived from the Latin word \u201ccat\u201d and the worship of the goddess <em>Isis<\/em> (patron of all animals and especially of the feline par excellence) to whom temples were dedicated in every city of the Empire, helped to strengthen the love for the cat as a sacred and very important animal. Over the years even poems were dedicated to Rome\u2019s cats, such as the Roman poet\u2019s <strong>Trilussa<\/strong>\u2019s poems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scuolaromit.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/dada.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scuolaromit.com\/ene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/dada-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"dada\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even today <strong>Rome devotes great care and attention to its feline inhabitants<\/strong> and walking around the city, from the centre to the suburbs, you will meet various cats colonies, protected, supported and cared for by citizens and sensitive animal lovers.<\/p>\n<p>The largest and perhaps most famous colony is the one located in the striking excavations of <strong>Largo di Torre Argentina<\/strong>, a sacred area with a thousands-year old history where the Theatre and the ancient Curia of Pompey were found and where it is believed Julius Ceaser died by the hand of Brutus and the other conspirators.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scuolaromit.com\/ene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/gatto1-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"gatto\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-357\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Immersed in the ruins of ancient temples, a large colony of cats slowly developed over the years: it is in fact since 1929 (year in which the ruins of Largo di Torre Argentina were brought to light) that the strays of the capital have begun to find shelter among the ancient temples and many Romans developed the habit of bringing here abandoned cats. The \u201c<em>gattare<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>gattari<\/em>\u201d of Rome, citizens with a passion for these wonderful cats, take care of them and willingly devote them their time and attention. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scuolaromit.com\/ene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/fuffy-550x733.jpg\" alt=\"fuffy\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-356\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another charming place where you can find cats, protected and cared for by dedicated and available volunteers, is the <strong>Protestant Cemetery or English Cemetery<\/strong> located near the <em>Pyramid of Cestius<\/em> in the Testaccio district. A magical and perhaps little known place of the Capital, that houses, among others, the tombs of great poets such as John Keats, Percy Shelley, Antonio Gramsci, and one of Goethe\u2019s five children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is definitely a place to visit for its spectacular view of the pyramid<\/strong>, some wonderful sculptures and the silence that pervades it. Walking among the famous and less famous graves, you will meet all sorts of different cats; chubby, clean and with very different colours and at the entrance of the cemetery you can also make an offer to support them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scuolaromit.com\/ene\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/gatti-largo-argentina-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"gatti-largo-argentina\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-358\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Besides the cats of the Pyramid and the ones of Largo Argentina there is also a small feline colony in <strong>the gardens of Piazza Vittorio<\/strong>, which houses the \u201cmagical door\u201d, another must-see destination for those who are truly curious of the Capital\u2019s hidden treasures. Walking around the city you will most certainly encounter cats dozing on the most suggestive monuments and ruins, adding an even more fascinating touch to the treasures of Rome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eternal City boasts an ancient love for cats that  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-en","category-rome"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Cats of Rome: from Largo Argentina to the Pyramid &#8211; Scuola Romit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scuolaromit.com\/en\/the-cats-of-rome-from-largo-argentina-to-the-pyramid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Cats of Rome: from Largo Argentina to the Pyramid &#8211; 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