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  • Monte Petrino - Rocca Montis Draconis
  • Mondragone
  • Rocca Montis Draconis
  • Italy
  • Campania
  • Province of Caserta
  • Mondragone

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  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Season

    • In September the first investigations began of the castle of Mondragone ( Montis Draconis ), a medieval fortified settlement which overlooks the present town.

      The results of the first excavation campaign highlighted the site’s importance, suggesting r

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    • The fortified settlement of Rocca di Mondragone is attested in documents written at the beginning of the 12th century. The absence of data relating to earlier occupation on this hill site, both Roman and late antique, would seem to negate the hypothesis th... Read More
    • Archaeological investigations of the site from 2007 to 2009 focused on substantial areas of the bailey at the summit of the fortified settlement, aimed at clarifying the nature and extension of the stratigraphy relating to the construction, occupation and ... Read More
    • The 2011 campaign concentrated on two areas: by the outer defensive wall (CAE), including the two towers connected to it, and the central area of the summit plateau (CAB) interpreted as the upper platea (CF11), in particular the south-western corner outsid... Read More
    • During the archaeological investigations on the site took place between 2012 and 2013 were investigated substantial portions of the fortified settlement summit plateau, with the intention of continuing the excavation of stratigraphic environments enclosed ... Read More
    • Le attività relative al sito fortificato medievale della Rocca Montis Dragonis hanno previsto interventi volti alla tutela ed alla valorizzazione delle strutture in loco e dei materiali archeologici conservati nel Museo Civico Archeologico “Biagio Greco” d... Read More
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