The Rock-Cut Temple Tombs in the Mediterranean Area. A Study (Contributo in atti di convegno)

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  • The Rock-Cut Temple Tombs in the Mediterranean Area. A Study (Contributo in atti di convegno) (literal)
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  • 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Ambrosini L. (2012)
    The Rock-Cut Temple Tombs in the Mediterranean Area. A Study
    in 5th International Congress "Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage of the Mediterranean Basin"2011, Istanbul, 22th-25th November 2011
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  • The Rock-Cut Temple Tombs in the Mediterranean Area. A Study (literal)
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  • Ferrari, A. (literal)
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  • THE ROCK-CUT TEMPLE TOMBS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA. A STUDY. Ambrosini Laura1 1Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà Italiche e del Mediterraneo Antico - CNR, Roma, Italia, laura.ambrosini@iscima.cnr.it The rock-cut tombs are an interesting feature of Anatolian architecture in general. The type varies from site to site. The development of the chamber-tombs shows an influence from Greek architecture. The tombs with temple façades are similar to the Etruscan ones (e.i. the Norchia temple-tombs, in Italy, near Viterbo). Like the Norchia temple tombs, the Turkish ones, in spite of the different rock (limestone or gneiss in Turkey, and tufa at Norchia), have a tomb chamber at a level below the columns. Many of the Turkish rock-cut tombs are to be attributed to the period after the arrival of Alexander the Great, some certainly later. The Turkish tombs that date back to the IV century B.C., not only are carved out of the rock wall like in Norchia, but often share the same shape, i.e. a small temple with pediments supported by columns. The hub of this architectural model seems to me to have been Macedonia, home/heart of the kingdom that, with Alexander the Great, became an empire extending eastward to India. The necropolis of Norchia, in the area of Viterbo (80 km. North of Rome), with its rock-cut tombs, is one of the most important archaeological sites of southern Etruria. This is an important and rare example of rock architecture, one of the few preserved in Italy. Along the \"Fosso dell'Acqualta\" the rock-cut temple tombs (Fig. 1) have facades that imitate those of a Doric temple with pediments, friezes, protomi and acroteria carved into the tufa. Thanks to the drawings by Canina in 1842 and by Ainsley in 1849, not only the original design but also the state of conservation of the monuments in the 19th century is known. This is of the utmost importance seeing the poor state of conservation of the monuments nowadays. The aim of the study will be to compare the Etruscan rock-cut temple tombs of Norchia with the rock-cut tombs of Turkey as those, for example, of Kaunos and Demre (in ancient Caria and Lycia) and to point out the differences. For the study of the architecture of the Turkish tombs I'm very happy to have the kind support of the Swedish Prof. Paavo Roos and the French Dr. Olivier Henry the most experts of the Lycia and Caria rock-cut tombs. The Norchia tombs have much in common with the Macedonian tombs. The Norchia temple-tombs are very well placed in a type common in the Mediterranean basin in the Hellenistic age. (literal)
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