Atessa/Porcari Sanctuary
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
A small Italic sanctuary, possibly of Vejovis, in a modern area known then as Passo Porcari (between Monte Marcone and Saletti) near Atessa in Italy's Chieti province. It was excavated in the 1970s and is memorialized by the modern street name "Via Veiove". Rescue excavations of purportedly medieval finds were carried out in the immediate vicinity between 2017 and 2020 ahead of a road modification.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432707
42.133914, 14.429283
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Imagery Location: modern Via Veiove (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Santuario di Atessa (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Santuario di Porcari (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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- Atessa (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Passo Porcari (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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sanctuary (religious center)
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F1 Atessa
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Atessa
N. Purcell, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Atessa/Porcari Sanctuary: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432707> [accessed: 17 November 2025]
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