Locanda Atlantide

Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo


Come and tickle Rome’s grungy underbelly. Descend through a door in a graffiti-covered wall into this cavernous basement dive, packed to the rafters with studenty, alternative crowds and featuring everything from prog-folk to techno and psychedelic trance. It’s good (or is it?) to know that punk is not dead.


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1. Porta Maggiore

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2. Fondazione Pastificio Cerere

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3. Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti

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4. Chiesa di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

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5. Cimitero di Campo Verano

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6. Trofei di Mario

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7. Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II

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8. Museo Storico della Liberazione

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