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Italian newspaper: Evidence of the Roman era is discovered in the archeological area of ​​Butrint

2023-11-15 09:41:55Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Italian newspaper: Evidence of the Roman era is discovered in the archeological
Butrint

This year's excavation activities have brought to light a still well-preserved structure, making it possible to document for the first time with photographs and topographical surveys the pillars of a Roman-era bridge that connected the promontory on which the ancient city stood with the plain of Vrina.

Experts discovered the submerged remains of an ancient Roman bridge and a partially collapsed structure with a floor decorated with mosaic tiles, also from the Roman era, but used for a long time, even in the times of late antique and medieval, writes in an article the Italian daily "La Gazzetta dell'Emilia".

The archaeological site of Butrint, in Albania, never ceases to offer surprises.

In collaboration with the University of Bologna, the Department of History, Culture and Civilization, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, according to an agreement with the Institute of Archeology of Tirana and the Butrint National Park, the excavation and investigation began in 2015 and have since been carry out a series of activities to rediscover the many testimonies of this rich city of ancient Epirus.

Mainly, since 2019, the research group, led by Professor Enrico Giorgi of the University of Bologna and Prof. Belisa Muka of the Institute of Archeology of Tirana, has engaged in the stratigraphic excavation of the acropolis.

During various excavation activities, various evidences of the longevity of the site, which was inhabited almost continuously from the end of the Bronze Age to the 18th century, came to light.

The 2021 research focused on a sacred area surrounded by imposing polygonal walls documenting the first phase of the site's structuring in the Archaic era.

While the two excavation activities of this year, in June and September, brought to light evidence of later and equally important moments.

"Last year, thanks to a series of non-invasive methodologies, mainly geophysical investigations using ground-penetrating radar, we identified several 'anomalies' in the subsurface that indicated the presence of possible structures still buried," said prof. Giorgi.

During this year's activity, we decided to verify the nature of one of these anomalies through excavations. With unexpected results, the anomaly turned out to be the surrounding wall of a building still well preserved in its lower part, thanks to the collapse of the roof that marked its final abandonment," he added.

"Once the collapsed materials were removed, the floors decorated with mosaic tiles from the Roman era came to light, along with many other materials dating back to late antiquity and medieval times," Giorgi said.

But surprises do not come only from the underground. The underwater discovery in the lagoon that surrounds the archaeological area, carried out in collaboration with prof. Stefano Medas of the Department of Cultural Heritage of "Alma Mater" (Ravena Campus) and with the company "Idra" in Venice, made it possible to identify the pillars of a bridge from the Roman era.

"The bridge connected the Cape of Butrint with the plain of Vrina, allowing the passage of the aqueduct that supplied the heart of the Roman city," said Enrico Giorgi.

"This is a very important moment for research in the center of ancient Epirus, as for the first time the submerged remains of the bridge have been documented with photographs and topographic surveys", he emphasized.

This year's activities also made it possible to complete the laser scanning topographical survey of the Hellenistic era city wall circuit.

This activity, functional for the verification of the current state of conservation of the monuments in the archaeological park, was precisely the starting point, in 2015, of the wider cooperation project between the University of Bologna and the Institute of Archeology of Tirana in the area of ​​Butrint.


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