Speciale Capoluoghi d'Italia - Genova
In questa puntata di Capoluoghi dedicata a Genova sono presenti le testimonianze del sindaco Marco Bucci che presenta la città, dell’Arcivescovo card. Angelo Bagnasco che parla della parte religiosa e porge un messaggio alla cittadinanza ed ai visitatori. Inoltre la signora Eleonora Bozzi racconta i piatti tradizionali genovesi, mentre Nicoletta Viziano illustra sinteticamente il Galata museo del mare. In conclusione frate Ezio Battaglia spiega i segreti della più antica bottega storica di Genova, ovvero la farmacia del convento di Sant’Anna. Saranno 30 minuti di emozioni e magiche atmosfere. In evidenza: Il centro storico (Patrimonio Unesco), la bellezza della chiesa genovese, la cattedrale, il tesoro della stessa, il museo diocesano, il Galata museo del mare, il santuario di Nostra Signora della Guardia, il santuario della Madonnetta. Scopriamo la Genova dal cielo, all’alba, al tramonto, il porto antico, la lanterna, la cucina, il borgo marinaro di Boccadasse ed i meravigliosi palazzi dei Rolli.
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Libarna Archaeological Area, Libarna, Serravalle Scrivia, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy, Europe
Libarna was a Roman city located on the left bank of the Scrivia, on the stretch of the Via Postumia between Genoa and Dertona, near today's Libarna district of the municipality of Serravalle Scrivia, in the province of Alessandria. The excavation area owned by the Italian State, another archaeological site is also the scene of museum, musical and artistic events. In 2015, 4 568 visitors registered. Admission is free. Village founded by the Ligurians Dectunini, it could be one of the fifteen oppida that, according to Livio, surrendered to the consul Q. Minucius Rufus in 191 a.C. It is mentioned for the first time in the 2nd century BC The opening of the Postumia street in 148 BC it undoubtedly encouraged its growth, transforming Libarna into an important economic and social center. The juridical recognition of Latin citizenship was soon obtained, it was erected as a colony only later in the first century AD, when it reached its maximum splendor. From here the Via Postumia headed towards the Passo della Bocchetta. Falling into decline following the barbarian invasions, it was definitively abandoned in 452, when the inhabitants left their homes insecure, taking refuge in the surrounding hills, joining the existing communities or founding new ones, such as Precipiano, Serravalle and Arquata. Still remembered in some documents of the monastery of Precipiano (Vignole Borbera) and of the cadastre of Varinella in 1544, he lost all memory, becoming uncertain even the place of his location. Identified from the eighteenth century with various localities of the Bobbiese and Tortona, only in the nineteenth century, in correspondence of the emergence in the light of the remains, thanks to the work of Abbott Bottazzi, his historical-topographical classification was ascertained. Libarna was an autonomous capital of a vast territory that bordered to the east with Velleia, to the south with Genua, to the west with Aquae Statiellae and to the north with Derthona. Located in a particularly fertile area, the agricultural economy was founded on viticulture, arboreal crops for the exploitation of wood, livestock breeding. Among other activities we find the production of ceramics and the brick industry. Thanks to its geographical position it was also an important commercial node. Although there is no definite information on the existence of religious buildings in the city, from the votive inscriptions found it is clear that the citizens of Libarna were devoted to Jupiter, Diana, Hercules. The imperial cult was also attested. The discovery of the ancient city was accidental, thanks to the outcrop of finds, during the works of the so-called strada regia (today Strada Statale 35 dei Giovi) destined to connect Genoa, recently entered the Kingdom of Sardinia, with the capital Turin, to starting from 1820. Two neighborhoods have been brought to light near the amphitheater, 60x65m on the side, the amphitheater and the theater. The excavations are mostly kept in the Museum of Antiquities in Turin, where they are among the most valuable works, mosaic floors, marble, bronzes and figured ambers. The city stood on a flat land, rich in water, surrounded by hills. It was traversed longitudinally from the Via Postumia, which constituted the main axis from north-west to south-east. Another main axis was the decumanus which, from the south-west to the northeast, led to the amphitheater. The streets divided the city into many spaces of a basically square shape, but of different sizes. They were paved, rectilinear with exhaust manifolds conveyed to today's Rio della Pieve. The city received water through an aqueduct, was rich in springs, wells and fountains. At the meeting point between the two main streets, there was the forum, a large paved square on which stood porticoes and buildings, which until now has only been partially explored. The baths were located in the extreme north-eastern sector and towards the northern limit stood the theater.