Campochiaro
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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An Italic sanctuary sacred to Hercules located in località Civitella in the comune of Campochiaro. The site is to be connected with the Pentrian Samnites.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432746
41.4392400826, 14.5085065244
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Area Archeologica Santuario di Ercole (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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sanctuary (religious center), archaeological site
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- See Also:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 G3 Campochiaro
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Campochiaro
Activity at the site begins in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. and the attested sanctuary is built in the fourth century B.C. The sanctuary is situated on two terraces constructed in polygonal masonry. The lower terrace included a long porticoed building with a scenographic aspect.
N. Purcell, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Campochiaro: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432746> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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