Alfonso De Franciscis

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Alfonso De Franciscis (born November 7, 1915 in Naples ; died February 18, 1989 there ) was an Italian classical archaeologist .

De Franciscis studied with Pirro Marconi at the University of Naples and in 1937 wrote his thesis on Roman portraits at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples . During his studies he met Mario Napoli , who would later marry his sister. In 1938, under the guidance of Marconi, De Franciscis gathered his first excavation experience in Albania , at the same time he built an archaeological museum in Butrint from nowhere. From 1939 to 1940 he was at the Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene , where he met Alessandro Della Seta , who was soon dismissed due to the fascist racial laws .

In 1950 he became a lecturer at the University of Salerno , in the same year also an inspector at the Soprintendenza di Napoli . In 1954 he became head of the Soprintendenza di Reggio Calabria , in 1955 university obligations were added to the office and he had to teach archeology and ancient art history at the University of Messina . The years to 1960 were determined by the reorganization of the archaeological museum in Reggio Calabria on the one hand, from the bumping and organizing numerous excavations on the other hand: in Croton , in Rhegion and extremely fruitful excavations in Locri Epizephyrioi with the exposure of the ionic , the Zeus sacred temple of the early 5th century BC During the excavation of the temple, one of the two marble statues of an early classical Dioscuri group was found, which had served as acrotere for the temple gable and which De Franciscis reconstructed in the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia .

In 1961, De Francisci's Amedeo Maiuri followed in the direction of the Soprintendenza di Napoli , which he held until 1976. In Naples, too, lectures were part of the work of a soprintendente . In addition, his research and activities focused on the excavations and investigations in Capua , on Capri , the Poppeae villa in Oplontis , the underwater archaeological investigations in Baiae and the exploration of the sanctuary of the Augustales in Misenum . From 1976 to 1987 Franciscis was a full professor of Greek and Roman archeology and art history at the University of Naples, covering a wide range of archaeological and ancient studies.

Memberships and honors

Publications (selection)

  • Ritratti romani del Museo Nazionale di Napoli . Naples 1939.
  • Il ritratto romano a Pompei . Macchiaroli, Naples 1951.
  • with Roberto Pane: Mausolei romani in Campania . Edizioni scientifiche italiane, Naples 1957.
  • Fonti per la storia della scultura in Magna Grecia . La Rocca, Reggio Calabria 1959
  • Il Museo nazionale di Reggio Calabria . Naples 1959.
  • Il Museo nazionale di Napoli . Di Mauro, Cava de'Tirreni 1963.
  • La pittura pompeiana . Sansoni editori, Sadea editore, Florence 1965.
  • Pompei . Istituto geografico De Agostini, Novara 1968.
  • Ricerche sulla topografia ei monumenti di Locri Epizefiri . Libreria scientifica, Naples 1971.
  • Stato e società in Locri Epizefiri . L'Arte Tipografica, Naples 1972.
  • Considerazioni sull'architettura greca arcaica . Libreria scientifica, Naples 1973.
  • Ercolano e Stabia . Istituto geografico De Agostini, Novara 1974.
  • The National Archaeological Museum of Naples . Interdipress, Naples 1974.
  • The Pompeian wall paintings in the Villa of Oplontis . Translated from the Italian by Bernard Andreae . A. Bongers, Recklinghausen 1975, ISBN 3-76-470278-8 .
  • The Buried Cities: Pompeii & Herculaneum . Orbis Books, London 1978, ISBN 0856130923 .
  • Campania . Electa, Milan 1978.
  • The santuario di Marasà in Locri Epizefiri . Volume 1: Il tempio arcaico . Macchiaroli, Naples 1979.
  • (Ed.): La regione sotterrata dal Vesuvio. Studi e prospettive, Atti del convegno internazionale 11-15 November 1979 . Naples 1982.
  • La villa romana del Naniglio di Gioiosa Ionica: relazione preliminare delle campagne di scavo 1981–86 . Bibliopolis, Naples 1988, ISBN 8-87-088202-0 .
  • with Marcello Gigante , Mario Capasso , Benito Iezzi: Amedeo Maiuri nel centenario della nascita . With a foreword by Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli. Memorie dell'Istituto italiano per gli studi filosofici. Bibliopolis, Naples 1990, ISBN 8-87-088192-X .

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personal data
SURNAME De Franciscis, Alfonso
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franciscis, Alfonso De
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1989
Place of death Naples