(ANSAmed) - FERRARA, DECEMBER 21 - The National
Archaeological Museum of Ferrara is hosting, starting Thursday
through April 23, the exhibit 'Spina etrusca. Un grande porto
nel Mediterraneo" (Etruscan Spina. A great port in the
Mediterranean). The show was organized on the 100th anniversary
of the discovery - which occurred during decontamination work on
the lagoon - of the Etruscan city on the delta of the Po river.
The show, which highlights connections with today's
Mediterranean routes, uses the digital reconstruction of
landscapes and ancient history to showcase to the public the
importance of the great port of Spina for Etruscans in the fifth
century BC and for Mediterranean citizens in 2022. The show will
then transfer to Rome, at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa
Giulia.
The exhibit is organized to explain the role played by Spina
as a fundamental hub connecting the main cities of the
Mediterranean in the archaic and classical ages, a meeting point
for goods, people and cultural inspiration of different
provenance, in close contact with Athens and the main centres of
ancient Greece. The exhibit highlights the exceptional role of
the Adriatic port of Spina, shedding light on similarities and
differences with the great Etruscan settlements of the
Tyrrhenian Sea and with the twin city of Cerveteri, to
illustrate the social structure, cultural and ethnic variety,
expressions of the aristocratic élites, the vocation as a port
and importance of dynamics of ancient trade. Technology is used
to recreate the landscapes and heritage of the ancient site. The
findings exhibited hail from Italy's main archaeological
museums, other important material from the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York, with the contribution of the Emilia-Romagna
region. Scientific and educational initiatives have been
coordinated by the General directorate of museums in
collaboration with the Regional direction Emilia-Romagna and the
archaeological superintendency, with local administrations and
universities that carried out research and excavation work on
the ancient settlement: Bologna, Ferrara and Zurich.(ANSAmed).
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