Dall'antica Cupra al Castello di Marano (secc. IV-XIII)

Andrea Staffa

doi:10.6093/978-88-6719-290-8

Dall'antica Cupra al Castello di Marano (secc. IV-XIII)

Authors

Andrea Staffa

Soprintendenza archeologica dell’Abruzzo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6719-290-8

Keywords:

Cupra Maritima, nos homines de Mariano promittimus castello murare, Castrum de Marano

Synopsis

Publisher: UniorPress

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 66

Language: Italian

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Abstract: A first comprehensive and agile guide dedicated to the crucial transformations of the settlement on the historic site of ancient Cupra Maritima at Civita (Marche, Ascoli Piceno), now included in Cupra Marittima’s Archaeological Park, and affected by the excavations of the University of Naples - L'Orientale, as well as in its territory. The last phases of the ancient city are analyzed, up to the crucial confrontation between Byzantines and Lombards, the final abandonment of the site (8th-9th centuries), while the new parish church of S. Basso rises, and the population concentrates on new sites on high ground, Castel S. Andrea and especially the Curtis/Villa de Mariano, later Castellum /castrum de Mariano/Marano. There the population then remained until its return to the valley along the sea, starting in the 19th century.

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Author Biography

Andrea Staffa, Soprintendenza archeologica dell’Abruzzo

Andrea R. Staffa, Archaeologist, Director in the Provinces of Pescara and Chieti for the Soprintendenza archeologica dell'Abruzzo, then Soprintendenza di Chieti-Pescara (1988-2022), ex director of the archaeological museums of Martinsicuro (TE), Penne (PE), Crecchio, Vasto and Lanciano (CH). Adjunct professor at G. d'Annunzio University in "Economics, Management, and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage," two-time winner of the Francovich National Museum Prize, with Museo dell'Abruzzo Bizantino di Crecchio (2019) and Museo dell'Alto Medioevo di Ascoli Piceno (2020). Author of 250 monographs and articles on the transformations of Adriatic Italy between antiquity and the Middle Ages.