Necropoli del Fusco
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors:
Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 11, 2025 08:02 PM
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History
The Fusco necropolis is the largest and oldest burial area in Greek Syracuse. Located within contrada Canalicchio, the site was excavated by Paolo Orsi in 1893.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/895916364
37.0758562, 15.2692337
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Necropoli del Fusco (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Necropoli del Fusco (Italian, modern)
- Necropoli del Fusco connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)
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catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
Pleiades
Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Necropoli del Fusco: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/895916364> [accessed: 07 March 2025]
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