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Gli spazi pubblici di Phoinike in Epiro: funzioni e trasformazioni dall’età ellenistica al Medioevo
The public sp aces of Phoinike in Epirus: functions and transformations from the hell enistic age to the Middle Ages
Lepore, Giuseppe
2019
Abstract
Recent investigations by the University of Bologna in Epirus have brought to light the city of Phoinike, an important urban center controlling Caonia (the northernmost region of Epirus), already investigated at the beginning of the 20th Century by an Italian Archaeological Mission led by Luigi Maria Ugolini. The contribution analyzes the conformation and the evolution of the public spaces of the city, the only ones able to shed new light on the political and social conformation of this urban center. In the Hellenistic age, at the moment of the first urban structuring (between the end of the IV and the beginning of the III Century B.C.), the city was equipped with two agorai (one on terraces), several stoai, buildings for assemblies (perhaps pritaneia) and a large theater. The Roman age does not show, at the present time, significant changes in the general layout, while the Christian city will be completely different: two large churches will modify the ancient public spaces, often exploiting the “voids” of the Hellenistic agorai and determining the urban form that will characterize the new town, probably polycentric, at least until the arrival of the Turks in the fifteenth Century.
Le recenti indagini dell’Università di Bologna in Epiro hanno stanno riportando alla luce la città di Phoinike, un’importante centro urbano posto a controllo della Caonia (la regione più settentrionale dell’Epiro), già oggetto di indagini agli inizi del Novecento da parte di una Missione Archeologica Italiana guidata da Luigi Maria Ugolini. Il contributo analizza la conformazione e l’evoluzione degli spazi pubblici della città, gli unici in grado di gettare nuova luce sulla conformazione politica e sociale di questo centro urbano. In età ellenistica, al momento della prima strutturazione urbana (tra la fine del IV e gli inizi del III sec. a.C.), la città di dota di due agorai (una su terrazze), di diverse stoai, di edifici per assemblee (forse pritaneia) e di un grande teatro. L’età romana non mostra, allo stato attuale, modifiche di rilievo nell’assetto generale, mentre del tutto diversa sarà la città cristiana: due grandi chiese modificheranno gli antichi spazi pubblici, spesso sfruttando i “vuoti” delle agorai ellenistiche e determinando la forma urbana che caratterizzerà il nuovo abitato, probabilmente policentrico, almeno fino all’arrivo dei turchi nel XV secolo.
Recent investigations by the University of Bologna in Epirus have brought to light the city of Phoinike, an important urban center controlling Caonia (the northernmost region of Epirus), already investigated at the beginning of the 20th Century by an Italian Archaeological Mission led by Luigi Maria Ugolini. The contribution analyzes the conformation and the evolution of the public spaces of the city, the only ones able to shed new light on the political and social conformation of this urban center. In the Hellenistic age, at the moment of the first urban structuring (between the end of the IV and the beginning of the III Century B.C.), the city was equipped with two agorai (one on terraces), several stoai, buildings for assemblies (perhaps pritaneia) and a large theater. The Roman age does not show, at the present time, significant changes in the general layout, while the Christian city will be completely different: two large churches will modify the ancient public spaces, often exploiting the “voids” of the Hellenistic agorai and determining the urban form that will characterize the new town, probably polycentric, at least until the arrival of the Turks in the fifteenth Century.
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Giuseppe Lepore, ''Gli spazi pubblici di Phoinike in Epiro: funzioni e trasformazioni dall’età ellenistica al Medioevo'', in: "Aquileia Nostra", 90/91 (2019/2020), pp. 21-34
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