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Pyrgi, l'area a nord del santuario. Nuovi dati dalle recenti campagne di scavo

The district North of Temple A, intermediate between the Monumental Sanctuary, the settlement and the harbour, played a fundamental role in the urbanistic development of the Etruscan site of Pyrgi. It includes the intersection between the terminal trait of the main road connecting Caere to the coastline and the large pebbled road leading towards the harbour, and different buildings erected along the latter track. Recent fieldwork (2011-2016) has shed light on the layout of the district and its progressive transformation, starting from the 7th century BC.

Pyrgi, harbour and sanctuary of Caere. Landscape, urbanistic planning and architectural features

The overall investigation of the different districts of an Etruscan settlement is an extremely rare circumstance. The study of the urbanistic asset of Pyrgi's settlement and of the arrangement of the sacred areas is favoured by their abandonment after the phase of Romanization and by the possibility of performing large-scale research over its territory.

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