Medieval-era neighborhood discovered in Nola

A medieval-era district has emerged on the outskirts of Nola: a discovery announced to the Soprintendenza archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio for the metropolitan area of Naples that they say could rewrite the history of the early Middle Ages in Nola with the discovery of burials dated between the 6th and 7th centuries.

Numerous fragments of pottery have been found that would testify to the area’s frequentation up to the 12th-13th centuries, when a craft district was set up, with the planting of limestone for turning architectural elements and sculptures composed of marble and limestone into lime. A statue of a togatus from the Roman period was found, missing its head, broken in two in the middle, but reconstructible.

“Nola is an area of great interest in Campania, along with Cumae and Capua, which engages a wide time span,” said Fine Arts Superintendent for the Naples metropolitan area Mariano Nuzzo. “The important recent finds, which can be traced back to the early Middle Ages, bear witness to this. The research, which is currently underway, sees the Superintendency engaged in the forefront of active and timely protection of new archaeological finds and burials dating from the sixth to seventh centuries AD.”

The discovery occurred during preventive investigations in the area of a building construction and could be useful in reconstructing the history of the city founded in the 8th century BC.

In addition to the Romans, the area was also inhabited by people of Germanic origin, who arrived with the barbarian invasions, and of Greek-Eastern origin, due to the presence of the Duchy of Naples connected to the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire.

Medieval-era neighborhood discovered in Nola

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