The view from above shows the position of the newly discovered temple next to the Tempio Grande.>Mariachiara Franceschini Via Vulci Cityscape
Posted on 11/20/2022 10:09:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The temple was discovered during the Vulci Cityscape Project which intended to learn about the settlement strategies and urban structures of the eponymous city...
The building measures 45x35 meters and is located west of a sacred structure called Tempio Grande.
An initial examination of the rocks in the foundation of the temple, as well as artifacts that were found there, enabled the researchers, led by Dr. Mariachiara Franceschini of the University of Freiburg and Paul P. Pasieka of the University of Mainz, to determine that the temple was built around the end of the sixth or the beginning of the fifth century...
“The new temple is roughly the same size and on a similar alignment as the neighboring Tempio Grande, and was built at roughly the same Archaic time,” said Franceschini. “This duplication of monumental buildings in an Etruscan city is rare, and indicates an exceptional finding,” noted Pasieka.
In the future, the researchers intend to study the architecture of the temple and the different phases of use further to learn more about the religion and social structures of Vulci and the daily lives of its citizens.
“Our knowledge about the appearance and organization of Etruscan cities has been limited until now,” Franceschini said, adding that “The intact strata of the temple are offering us insights into more than a thousand years of development of one of the most important Etruscan cities.”
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The view from above shows the position of the newly discovered temple next to the Tempio Grande.>Mariachiara Franceschini Via Vulci Cityscape
Every old place seems to be a sacred structure....
I bet it just was a sacred storage unit.
“west of a sacred structure called Tempio Grande.”
Detroit used to have a “Grande Ballroom.” I wonder if Tempio Grande had any good acts? John Lee Hooker? Procol Harum?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Ballroom
One was the temple they worshipped in, the other was the temple they wouldn’t set foot in.
Or a sacred whorehouse................
I’ll never get over Macho Grande!......................
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