ARCHAEOLOGY<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Besides growing grapes and making wine, Casale del Giglio has been involved for some time in the Satricum project, in partnership with the Department of Archaeology, Fine Arts & Landscape for the Provinces of Frosinone and Latina headed by Dr. Francesco Di Mario, the Royal Netherlands Institute in
\nRome, Professor Marijke Gnade, and the Town Councils of Aprilia, Latina and Nettuno.<\/p>\n
Excavations have exposed the \u2018Sacred Way\u2019 which led to the temple of the goddess Mater Matuta and have uncovered a ceramic wine goblet dating from the V century B.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>History of the Excavations<\/h1>\n
The story of the Satricum excavations takes us back to the year 1896 when a Frenchman, Hector Graillot, discovered the remains of the temple dedicated to the goddess Mater Matuta on a hillside near the village of Le Ferriere and for the next two years carried out extensive excavations under the guidance of a team of Italian archaeologists. Many remains were unearthed and entrusted to the Villa Giulia Museum in Rome.<\/p>\n
Nothing further was done until 1907-1910 when excavation work was undertaken again. Around 1975, Latium\u2019s Committee for Archaeology invited the Dutch Institute of Rome to take up the excavations at the Satricum site.<\/p>\n
The Dutch team\u2019s most significant find in their twenty-five year dig was that of the Lapis Satricanus or Stone of Satricum, a stone slab, probably the base of a column, inscribed in ancient Latin and dating from between 525-500 B.C.<\/p>\n
Since 1990 the excavation work at the site has been carried out by a team from the University of Amsterdam, headed by Professor Marijke Gnade.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div>Skyphos \u2013 the first find<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Sanctuary\u00a0of Mater Matuta<\/h1>\n
The first testimony to the existence of a cult on the acropolis of Satricum is that of an early hut which dates from the period between the VIII and VII centuries B.C. At some time between 640 and 625 B.C. this structure was replaced by a sacellum, a small roofless shrine with stone foundations known as Temple Zero.<\/p>\n
This was replaced around 540 B.C. by a much larger temple known as Temple I, while a still larger one, Temple II, was built around 500-480 B.C. when Temple I was destroyed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div>The Temple of Mater Matuta<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dwellings in Satricum<\/h1>\n
The first settlement in Satricum dates from the IX century B.C. when the population lived in huts situated on the hill where the acropolis would later stand.<\/p>\n
Twenty-four of these huts were excavated in the 19th century. (Since 1977 a further fifteen have been found). The VII century B.C. saw the use of stone as a building material for the first time.<\/p>\n
Throughout the VI century B.C. the huts were totally replaced by houses with stone foundations and walls of sun-dried clay bricks.<\/p>\n
Many buildings with stone foundations which once surrounded the temples have been brought to light on the Satricum acropolis.<\/p>\n
It is thought that these buildings were part of the shrine and may have been lodgings for priests or for guests.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Besides growing grapes and making wine, Casale del Giglio has been involved for some time in the Satricum project, in partnership with the Department of Archaeology, Fine Arts & Landscape for the Provinces of Frosinone and Latina headed by Dr. Francesco Di Mario, the Royal Netherlands Institute in
\nRome, Professor Marijke Gnade, and the Town Councils of Aprilia, Latina and Nettuno.<\/p>\n
Excavations have exposed the \u2018Sacred Way\u2019 which led to the temple of the goddess Mater Matuta and have uncovered a ceramic wine goblet dating from the V century B.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>
History of the Excavations<\/h1>\n
The story of the Satricum excavations takes us back to the year 1896 when a Frenchman, Hector Graillot, discovered the remains of the temple dedicated to the goddess Mater Matuta on a hillside near the village of Le Ferriere and for the next two years carried out extensive excavations under the guidance of a team of Italian archaeologists. Many remains were unearthed and entrusted to the Villa Giulia Museum in Rome.<\/p>\n
Nothing further was done until 1907-1910 when excavation work was undertaken again. Around 1975, Latium\u2019s Committee for Archaeology invited the Dutch Institute of Rome to take up the excavations at the Satricum site.<\/p>\n
The Dutch team\u2019s most significant find in their twenty-five year dig was that of the Lapis Satricanus or Stone of Satricum, a stone slab, probably the base of a column, inscribed in ancient Latin and dating from between 525-500 B.C.<\/p>\n
Since 1990 the excavation work at the site has been carried out by a team from the University of Amsterdam, headed by Professor Marijke Gnade.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div>Skyphos \u2013 the first find<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The first testimony to the existence of a cult on the acropolis of Satricum is that of an early hut which dates from the period between the VIII and VII centuries B.C. At some time between 640 and 625 B.C. this structure was replaced by a sacellum, a small roofless shrine with stone foundations known as Temple Zero.<\/p>\n This was replaced around 540 B.C. by a much larger temple known as Temple I, while a still larger one, Temple II, was built around 500-480 B.C. when Temple I was destroyed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The Temple of Mater Matuta<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The first settlement in Satricum dates from the IX century B.C. when the population lived in huts situated on the hill where the acropolis would later stand.<\/p>\n Twenty-four of these huts were excavated in the 19th century. (Since 1977 a further fifteen have been found). The VII century B.C. saw the use of stone as a building material for the first time.<\/p>\n Throughout the VI century B.C. the huts were totally replaced by houses with stone foundations and walls of sun-dried clay bricks.<\/p>\n Many buildings with stone foundations which once surrounded the temples have been brought to light on the Satricum acropolis.<\/p>\n It is thought that these buildings were part of the shrine and may have been lodgings for priests or for guests.<\/p>\n<\/div>The Sanctuary\u00a0of Mater Matuta<\/h1>\n
Dwellings in Satricum<\/h1>\n