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A new landscape path in Pompeii

 

The new 4km route, designed by Studio Bellesi Giuntoli, will change the way we walk around the world-known archaeological site, and the area outside its walls.

 

With an intervention promoted by the Ministry of Culture and the Pompeii Archaeological Park, Studio Bellesi Giuntoli – a Florentine firm founded by Alberto Giuntoli and Silvia Bellesi, composed of a multidisciplinary team of architects, landscape architects and agronomists – has presented the redevelopment of an extra-moenia landscape path that, with about 4 km of linear development, will run through the world-known archaeological site close to Naples. The construction site will be co-financed by PNRR Ministry of Culture funds, with a total commitment of about €8,000,000, of which €3,400,000 is earmarked for the construction of the first lot currently underway.

 

Studio Bellesi Giuntoli, A Green Ring for the Ancient city of Pompeii, Pompeii, Italy. Courtesy Studio Bellesi Giuntoli

The project involves the creation of two circuits, one inside and one outside the historic walls of the site, the latter open freely to residents. Iconic elements of the historic landscape will be reused, while ancient species such as the cypress tree will be reintroduced as visual landmarks. The park will improve accessibility for people with disabilities by connecting existing and newly developed green areas, and will create public spaces for play, rest and relaxation. It will eventually cross the necropolis outside the walls, offering panoramic views of the archaeological remains, Vesuvius, the bay and the surrounding rural landscape.

Called “A Green Ring for the Ancient city of Pompeii,” the intervention was also awarded the prestigious Professional Award of Excellence for the Analysis and Planning category given by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). It is the first time this award, internationally considered as one of the most prestigious in the field of landscape architecture, goes to an Italian firm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MEGALITHIC SITES THAT WILL LEAVE YOU WONDERING HOW LITTLE WE STILL KNOW.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LOS PRE-INCAS OCULTARON ALGO QUE EL MUNDO AUN DESCONOCE - TOVIDEO MAKER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Misteriosa y milenaria: Caral la ciudad más antigua de Suramérica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Who cut niches into the cliffs at Madagascar's Isalo National Park?

 

35 circular rock-cut niches, Teniky, Madagascar

Schreurs et al. 2024, Azania
 

ISALO NATIONAL PARK, MADAGASCAR—According to a Phys.org report, Guido Schreurs of the University of Bern and his colleagues suggest that rock-cut terraces and chambers at the remote archaeological site of Teniky in southern Madagascar were carved some 1,000 years ago by a Zoroastrian community. High-resolution satellite images revealed that Teniky was much larger than previously thought. Schreurs and his colleagues then identified dozens of circular and rectangular stone niches carved into the cliffs. Circular recesses in these niches may have been used to close the spaces with wooden or stone slabs, he explained. Charcoal and pottery recovered during the investigation have been dated from the tenth through the twelfth centuries A.D. Made in Southeast Asia, the pottery also suggests that the people who carved these niches were connected to the Indian Ocean trade network. Schreurs thinks these structures in Madagascar resemble stone-cut niches in Iran, and “most archaeologists associate the niches in Iran with Zoroastrian funeral rites,” he said. Communities on Iran’s coast, including the port town of Siraf, are known to have been involved in maritime trade, sailing as far as China and East Africa, he added. “Although I would like to stress that our interpretation linking the rock-cut architecture with Zoroastrian practices is tentative, the stylistic similarities of the stone basins and tables found at Teniky and those used in Zoroastrian ritual ceremonies [also] seem to point in the same direction,” he concluded. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. For more on the origin of Zoroastrianism, go to "Searching for Lost Cities: Medieval Mountain Citadel."

 

Rock-cut chamber at Teniky with benches and central pillar
Rock-cut chamber at Teniky with benches and central pillar
35 circular rock-cut niches, Teniky, Madagascar

Schreurs et al. 2024, Azania
 

ISALO NATIONAL PARK, MADAGASCAR—According to a Phys.org report, Guido Schreurs of the University of Bern and his colleagues suggest that rock-cut terraces and chambers at the remote archaeological site of Teniky in southern Madagascar were carved some 1,000 years ago by a Zoroastrian community. High-resolution satellite images revealed that Teniky was much larger than previously thought. Schreurs and his colleagues then identified dozens of circular and rectangular stone niches carved into the cliffs. Circular recesses in these niches may have been used to close the spaces with wooden or stone slabs, he explained. Charcoal and pottery recovered during the investigation have been dated from the tenth through the twelfth centuries A.D. Made in Southeast Asia, the pottery also suggests that the people who carved these niches were connected to the Indian Ocean trade network. Schreurs thinks these structures in Madagascar resemble stone-cut niches in Iran, and “most archaeologists associate the niches in Iran with Zoroastrian funeral rites,” he said. Communities on Iran’s coast, including the port town of Siraf, are known to have been involved in maritime trade, sailing as far as China and East Africa, he added. “Although I would like to stress that our interpretation linking the rock-cut architecture with Zoroastrian practices is tentative, the stylistic similarities of the stone basins and tables found at Teniky and those used in Zoroastrian ritual ceremonies [also] seem to point in the same direction,” he concluded. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. For more on the origin of Zoroastrianism, go to "Searching for Lost Cities: Medieval Mountain Citadel."

 

Rock-cut chamber at Teniky with benches and central pillar
Rock-cut chamber at Teniky with benches and central pillar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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