Castelluccio necropolis in Noto

Door plate with spiral or eye motif

The early Bronze Age necropolis of Castelluccio in Noto in the Free Municipal Consortium of Syracuse in Sicily in Italy consists of around 175 rock tombs cut into the rock faces of the Cava della Signora . Several grave facades are provided with vestibules, pillars and pilasters .

The best preserved grave is marked by a vestibule with four columns carved out of the rock. Other rock chambers in the necropolis have receptacles for door stones with spiral or eye motifs . The necropolis is named for the Castelluccio culture discovered by Paolo Orsi (1859–1935) around 2200 to 1800 BC. Chr.

The door panels are exhibited in the Museo archeologico regional Paolo Orsi .

See also

• Tomba del Principe (Cava d'Ispica)

literature

• Ippolito Cafici: Nuove indagini paleoetnologiche nella tomba neolitica di Calaforno (provincia di Siracusa) e considerazioni sui tempi preistorici in Sicilia. 1884
• Salvatore Piccolo: Ancient Stones The prehistoric Dolmens of Sicily. Brazen Head Publishing, Abingdon 2013, ISBN 978-0-9565106-2-4 , pp. 13ff.

Web links

• Piccolo, Salvatore (2018). Bronze Age Sicily . Ancient History Encyclopedia.
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Coordinates: 36 ° 57 ′ 37.6 ″  N , 14 ° 56 ′ 2.3 ″  E