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The Archaeological
Museum and Excavations of Saint Restituta |
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Next to Saint
Restituta Sanctuary there is "Archaelogical Excavations and
Museum of Saint Restituta” complex, that is the typical example
of excavation and archaeological areas, transformed in an
independent museum. So it is an underground museum under the
church, where there are many ancient cultures witnesses.
The museum is composed of two sections: the excavations and the
museum. |
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The museum
is archaeological and there are many crockeries of several ages.
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They are important:
Nymph Aretusa’s Head (IV century BC) and Demetra’s Head (IV
century BC).
The excavations
started in 1951, thanks to Father Pietro Monti, the church
rector. At last the excavations and the museum were arranged in
1974.
Into the museum the run allows to admire a comprehensive survey
of the the Island of Ischia history: from the Prehistory until
the Greek-Hellenistic-Roman period and the first Christianity.
They are important: the pottery from Campania and the
architectonic terracottas.
Recently the Baptistry Room came to the |
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light. In the center
of it there is the circular basin which is enclosed by a wall,
raised from the marble floor and with three steps to enter in
order to be baptized through the immersion. This discovery is
very important, because it proves at Lacco Ameno there was the
most important Christian complex of the island. Infact here in
the middle of the V century Saint Restituta’s remains from
Cartagine were kept. |
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