Vicenza in Provincia di Vicenza, Venetia, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
Il criptoportico romano di piazza duomo
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The roman cryptoporticus in piazza Duomo
Vicenza Romana
Inscription.
Nel 1954, durante lo scavo per la costruzione della canonica della Cattedrale, venne messo in luce un criptoportico di età romana. Il suo sviluppo interessa tutta l'area compresa fra palazzo Roma e il cortile della canonica. Si tratta di una struttura a galleria, con il piano a 6.30 m di profondità dal livello attuale, costruita sfruttando naturale inclinazione del terreno verso sud. Essa costituiva il piano interrato di una grande casa del quartiere sud-occidentale della città romana e fungeva da sostruzione del portico del giardino interno. La costruzione si articola in tre bracci a navata unica, disposti secondo il tipico schema a П. Altri vani e una galleria obliqua si dispongono alle estremità del braccio mediano. I tre bracci, coperti a volta e larghi intorno a 3 m, hanno una lunghezza di quasi 30 m ciascuno. Sono dotati di trentuno finestrelle a bocca di lupo, che si aprivano sul giardino e davano aria e luce all'interrato. L'accesso dal piano superiore avveniva tramite una stretta scala con due rampe a gomito, anch'essa coperta a volta, collocata presso l'estremità del braccio settentrionale. Le gallerie del criptoportico costituivano un ampliamento degli spazi abitabili della casa, come dimostra il trattamento accurato dei piani pavimentali, di cui restano pochi lacerti, e delle pareti. Gli altri ambienti avevano invece funzioni di servizio. La costruzione è databile tra la fine del I sec. a.C. e gli inizi del I sec. d.C. e dovette restare in uso per lungo tempo, almeno fino al IV sec. d.C..
Didascalie
Interno: lati nord e ovest (Archivio SABAP Vr-Ro-Vi)
Ipotesi ricostruttiva del complesso (Elaborazione grafica di Loretta Zega, Archivio Soprintendenza per I Beni Archeologici del Veneto)
The roman cryptoporticus in piazza Duomo
In 1954, a Roman cryptoporticus was discovered during site excavations for the construction of the rectory of the Cathedral. It extends in the entire area between palazzo Roma and the rectory courtyard. Its gallery structure, with the floor located 6.30 m beneath the current street level, was built by taking advantage of the existing slope towards the South. It was the basement of a great house of the south-western neighbourhood of the Roman city, and functioned as a support for the portico of the interior garden. The building is composed of three wings, each with a single structural span, arranged in the typical
П layout. Other rooms and a diagonal gallery are located at the ends of the middle section. The three vaulted wings are approximately 3 m wide and almost 30 m long. Thirty-one small windows opened onto the garden and provided light and air for the basement. Access to the upper floors was via a narrow two flight staircase, which was also vaulted, and was located near the end of the Northern wing.
The galleries in the cryptoporticus were an extension of the living spaces of the house, as shown by the careful treatment of the walls and the paving of the floors, of which only a few fragments remain. The remaining rooms were instead used as service spaces. The building was constructed between the end of the first century B.C. and the beginning of the first century A.D., and must have been in use at least until the fourth century AD..
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Interior: North and West wings (Archive SABAP Vr-Ro-Vi)
Hypothetical reconstruction of the complex (Graphic representation by Loretta Zega. Archive of the Veneto Regional Board for Archaeological Heritage)
Erected by Vicenza Sito Patrimonio Mondiale, Soprintendenza archeologia belle arti e paesaggio per le province di Verona, Rovigo e Vicenza and Camera di Commercio Vicenza. (Marker Number 11.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these
topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1954.
Location. 45° 32.738′ N, 11° 32.646′ E. Marker is in Vicenza, Veneto (Venetia), in Provincia di Vicenza. It is at the intersection of Piazza del Duomo and Contrà Giuseppe Garibaldi, on the right when traveling east on Piazza del Duomo. The marker is located between two buildings next to the entrance to the catacombs. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vicenza, Veneto 36100, Italy. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and specifically the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cattedrale: Portale settentrionale e cupola / Cathedral: northern portal and dome (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); L'area archeologica sottostante cattedrale / The archaeological site beneath the cathedral (about 120 meters away); Palazzo Porto / The Porto Palace (about 180 meters away); Le terme romane / The roman baths (about 180 meters away); Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare / The Thiene Bonin Longare Palace (about 210 meters away); Loggia del Capitaniato / The Loggia of the Capitaniato (about 240 meters away); Loggia Valmarana / The Valmarana Loggia (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); L'area archeologica della Basilica Palladiana / The Palladian Basilica archaeological site (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vicenza.
Also see . . . Il Criptoportico romano di Piazza Duomo. Museo Naturalistico Archeologico (Submitted on June 25, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
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