Alda Levi
Alda Levi (also Alda Levi Spinazzola , born June 16, 1890 in Bologna ; died June 23, 1950 in Rome ) was an Italian classical archaeologist .
Alda Levi studied at the University of Padua , graduated first in the humanities and obtained a teaching degree in 1913. In 1915 she took the position of inspector at the Soprintendenza Archeologica for the provinces of Naples , Caserta , Avellino , Salerno , Benevento and Campobasso . Here she met her future husband Vittorio Spinazzola , the responsible soprintendente . During these years she devoted herself to exploring the Phlegraean Fields and the area around Sorrento . In 1923 she completed her habilitation in archeology.
In 1924 she was transferred to the Soprintendenza of Bologna in Turin , and in 1925 to Milan , where she represented the branch for Lombardy of the Soprintendenza for museums and excavations in Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria . In Lombardy she was the only person responsible for archeology and, as a pioneer in this field, achieved important research results on the ancient topography of Milan. Among other things, under her leadership the oldest course of the city wall of Milan was explored and the remains of the amphitheater and theater of the city were discovered. In general, she was one of the first women in such a responsible position within the preservation of monuments in Italy. In 1932 she married Vittorio Spinazzola, in 1939 she lost her job due to the fascist racial laws of 1938 and moved to Rome. After her husband's death in 1943, she prepared to publish his last work on the excavations of Via dell'Abbondanza in Pompeii . In 1945 she was rehabilitated and employed as a numismatist at the Museo Nazionale Romano . The Antiquarium in Milan, which opened in 2004, bears her name: Antiquarium di Milano "Alda Levi" .
Publications (selection)
- Le terrecotte figurate del Museo nazionale di Napoli . Vallecchi, Florence 1926.
- Sculture greche e romane del Palazzo Ducale di Mantova . Bretschneider, Rome 1931.
- La patera d'argento di Parabiago . Istituto poligrafico dello stato, Rome 1935.
literature
- A. Ceresa Mori: L'Anfiteatro di Milano e il suo quartiere . Milan 2004, pp. 12-13.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levi, Alda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levi Spinazzola, Alda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Classical Archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1950 |
| Place of death | Rome |