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  • Italy
  • Sardinia
  • Province of Cagliari
  • Pula

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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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Summary (English)

  • In 2018 and 2019 the University of Padova carried on an archaeological survey of the Roman Imperial building situated beyond the eastern edge of the forum and southeast of the so-called Casa Sarda (PO area). The survey was conducted in different areas: the excavation was carried on with a focus on the northwestern area of the building (rooms I, XI, XII) and on its southwestern (rooms III, XIII) and southeastern (room VII) edges, and the excavation area was expanded eastward, which brought to light several structural evidences, including an apsidal room (room XIV). The removal of the layers of collapse revealed information about walls made of mud-bricks covered with painted plaster, the layout of the first floor and the articulation of the roof of the rooms. Finally, the presence of various closed passages and numerous fragments of semi-worked bones in the abandonment deposits shed light on the last phases of occupancy of the building.

  • Arturo Zara-Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali 
  • Matteo Volpin-Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali 

Director

  • Jacopo Bonetto Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali

Team

  • Arturo Zara-Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali
  • Matteo Volpin-Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali
  • Chiara Andreatta-Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali
  • Federica Stella Mosimann-Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali

Research Body

  • Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali

Funding Body

  • Comune di Pula
  • Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali

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