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Necropoli del Fusco

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Valeria Vitale

Contributors: Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jan 11, 2025 08:02 PM — 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.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/895916364

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.0758562, 15.2692337

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of the Necropoli del Fusco (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Necropoli del Fusco (Italian, modern)

Necropoli del Fusco makes connections with:

Necropoli del Fusco connection Syracusae/Syrakousai (unspecified date range)

Necropoli del Fusco receives connections from:

None

Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis

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Related:

Wikidata Fusco necropolis (Q60323196)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
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: 25 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/895916364 |title=Places: 895916364 (Necropoli del Fusco) |author=Vitale, V. |accessdate=April 25, 2025 6:17 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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