santuario etrusco

The Etruscans on the sea, the Etruscans and the gods. PYRGI, port and sanctuary of Caere (Cerveteri - RM)

The Etruscans on the sea, the Etruscans and the gods. PYRGI, port and sanctuary of Caere (Cerveteri - RM)

The port of Pyrgi played a fundamental role in the ancient Mediterranean sea, thanks to a favorable geographical position along the maritime routes towards the mineral resources of Northern Etruria. The analysis of the relationship between Caere (Cerveteri, RM), one of the main Etruscan cities, and its outpost on the sea is the goal of the project. The strategies followed by Caere for the management of the coastal area in relation to its role in the mediterranean commercial, political and military scenarios will be analysed.

Cinque lucerne fenicie dal Quartiere “pubblico-cerimoniale” di Pyrgi

The harbour of Pyrgi hosted the great maritime sanctuary of Caere, in the Archaic period one of the
main cities of the Mediterranean. The sanctuary, the only one in Etruria mentioned by Greek sources, included
two distinct sacred areas and was monumentalized in its northern district by the tyrant Thefarie Velianas (510
BC). Despite the connection with the Phoenician-Punic world expressed by the dedication of the sanctuary on
the famous gold laminae, there was no archaeological trace of a frequentation of the area by Phoenician seamen

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