PARCO STORICO E ARCHEOLOGICO DI CONZA – BORGO ANTICO

The ancient city of Compsa, which was attributed the status of municipium ascribed to the Galeria tribe, appears in the testimony of the historian Livy who tells of its defection in favor of Hannibal in 216 BC and its reconquest, two years later, by Fabius Maximus. The remains of the Roman city have re-emerged beneath the ruins of the modern town of Conza, which was almost completely destroyed by the 1980 earthquake. An excavation, restoration and enhancement project is bringing to light a compl read more

The ancient city of Compsa, which was attributed the status of municipium ascribed to the Galeria tribe, appears in the testimony of the historian Livy who tells of its defection in favor of Hannibal in 216 BC and its reconquest, two years later, by Fabius Maximus. The remains of the Roman city have re-emerged beneath the ruins of the modern town of Conza, which was almost completely destroyed by the 1980 earthquake. An excavation, restoration and enhancement project is bringing to light a complex building stratification that represents the palimpsest of over 2000 years of history read less