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The Roman Sanctuary of Monte S.Angelo in Terracina: 4. The middle terrace and its monuments

Posted on 19. Feb, 2011 by .

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Italian version Index The Roman Sanctuary of Monte S.Angelo in Terracina 1. The discovery of the temple and its identification 2. Walls, towers and doors of the complex 3. The upper terrace or “entrenched camp” 4. The middle terrace and its monuments 5. The substructural basament and the lower terrace 6. The area of the [...]

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The Roman Sanctuary in Terracina: 3. The upper terrace or “entrenched camp”

Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by .

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Italian version The sanctuary of Monte S. Angelo lies at the top of a hill 227 metres high and it keeps several traces of the past: from the fossils of rudistid – a sea bivalve mollusc — going back to Cretaceous period (about 141-65 million years ago), which can be seen on the rocky spur [...]

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The Roman Sanctuary in Terracina: 2. Walls, towers and doors of the complex

Posted on 14. Aug, 2010 by .

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The Roman sanctuary of Monte S. Angelo is linked up with the town through an opus incertum wall-belt 1 km long; after leaving the built-up area near the hill of S. Francesco, the belt climbs the mount protecting the entire north-east side and surrounding the holy arx to east. The first stretch of the circuit [...]

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The Roman Sanctuary in Terracina: 1. The discovery of the temple and its identification

Posted on 31. Jul, 2010 by .

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Italian version – The complex of Monte S. Angelo, built according to the great Hellenistic scenographic architecture, is one of the several sanctuaries located in Lazio; they were renovated taking a monumental aspect in the late Republican period, between the end of the 2nd cent. b. C. and the beginning of the 1st cent. b. [...]

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