L’Atina romana aveva 3 porte principali (Aurea, perché rivestita completamente di Bronzo), rivolta al nord, Virilassi (perché posta nei pressi dell’anfiteatro), rivolta a sud-ovest, Balnearia (perché situata sulla via che portava ai bagni imperiali), rivolta ad est, a circoscrivere il nucleo amministrativo, politico e religioso della vecchia città e altre 7 porte minori poste lungo […]
The education of Terrisio di Atina Terrisio di Atina lived in the late 12th and early 13th century. His education took place in the school of rhetoric in Capua, where the famous Pier delle Vigne, poet and chancellor of Emperor Frederick II of Swabia, taught. His studies in Bologna and entry into the imperial court The [...]
This map shows the pattern of urban development in the historic centre of Athens, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Blue: Early Middle Ages (13th–14th centuries). Green: Renaissance (15th–16th centuries). Pink: 17th–18th centuries. Yellow: 19th–20th centuries.
A social and political rise similar to that of the Bosco family was achieved within a few decades in the province by the Visocchi family from Atina. Pasquale Visocchi Pasquale Visocchi (1817-1908) belonged to a rich and influential family of landowners in the province. A wealthy landowner, in 1845 he opened a medium-sized paper mill in Atina, which in 1870 occupied 160 [...].
The Tauleri family of Atina, now extinct, produced many distinguished men in the 17th century. The best known was undoubtedly Father Gian Battista Tauleri, who rose to the highest offices within the Franciscan Order. He served as Provincial Minister for a second term and as Procurator General of the Order of the Observant Friars Minor. In 1691, he served as Apostolic Commissioner of the «Propaganda Fide» in the East, […]
The necropolis extends over a series of limestone hills at the foot of Monte Santa Croce (San Biagio Saracinisco) in a location popularly referred to as Ominimorti.
Casalvieri, in the hamlet of Casale Pescarolo: over the years, agricultural work has brought to light a large number of clay votive offerings, mixed with fragments of black-glazed pottery, bricks and coins, concentrated around a now-abandoned farmhouse.
The recent discovery of a previously unknown section of wall by two local researchers, Vincenzo Orlandi and Luciano Caira, has led to a reassessment of the polygonal walls of Atina, resulting in the identification of an extremely extensive walled circuit. Technical analysis of this has made it possible to distinguish two construction phases: a pre-Roman phase featuring polygonal blocks of I and […]
“Quinque adeo magnae positis incudibus urbestela novant, Atina potens, Tiburque superbum,Ardea Crustumerique et turrigerae Antemnae” (Virg., Aen., VII, 629-631) Alla fine del I sec. a.C. il poeta romano Virgilio ricorda, per prima, tra le cinque città del Lazio alleate di Turno contro Enea, Atina, definendola potens. Anni di ricerche e di studi archeologici condotti al Atina e […]
