Lo sviluppo di un quartiere residenziale dell’antica Altino (VE): risultati preliminari dai recenti scavi dell’Università Ca’ Foscari

The research project of the University of Ca’ Foscari in Altinum (near Venice) has begun in 2012, in the Ghiacciaia/Campo Rialto area, in order to shed some light on the dynamics of urban planning in this sector of the ancient city of Altinum, from the Imperial Era to the Late Antiquity. Starting from 2020, excavation activities are aiming to verify the presence of a building with an apse visible in the aerial photographs. The campaign was successful, and it was possible to confirm its presence, and to investigate the foundations, made with concrete and bricks, and the materials used to decorate floors and walls, such as colored marble slabs and fragments of plasters with various decorations. During the 2021 campaign, the entire building was brought to light, extended for 20 x 14,50 m. In 2022 the area of investigation was extended and the presence of three buildings and a street was verified. Furthermore, it was possible to outline four different stratigraphic phases, from the end of the 1st century AD/beginning of the 1st cent. AD to the second half of the 5th century AD/beginning of the 6th century AD.