{"id":11309,"date":"2016-04-06T17:34:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=11309"},"modified":"2016-04-06T17:34:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:34:55","slug":"stolen-archaeological-treasures-return-to-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/stolen-archaeological-treasures-return-to-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Archaeological Treasures Return To Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a trained archaeologist, articles relating Italian archaeology always catch my eye. Here’s a recent one that really pleased me:<\/span>
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Il 22 marzo sono rientrate in Italia dalla Svizzera 45 casse piene di beni archeologici appartenenti al nostro paese. Beni archeologici unici, per un valore stimato di ben 9 milioni di euro, provenienti da scavi illegali effettuati nel Lazio, in Sicilia, in Puglia, in Campania e in Calabria negli anni ’70 e ’80.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

O<\/span>n the 22nd of March 45 crates full of archaeological <\/span>artefacts<\/span> belonging to our country <\/span>returned<\/span> to Italy from Switzerland. (<\/span>The crates were filled with)<\/em> unique archaeological artefacts, whose estimated value is 9 million Euros, originating from illegal excavations carried out in Lazio, Sicily, Puglia, Campania and Calabria in the 70’s and 80’s.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alcune delle 45 casse recuperate a Ginevra<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Esportati illecitamente e acquistati dal mercante d’arte inglese Robin Symes per essere vend<\/span>uti<\/span><\/strong> in Inghilterra, Giappone e Usa, i reperti sono stati recuperati dai Carabinieri del gruppo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale, in collaborazione con le autorit\u00e0 svizzere. L\u2019inizio dell’indagine risale al marzo del 2014, quando sono sorti i primi sospetti sul fatto che alcune opere trafugate potessero essere depositati nei caveau del Porto Franco a Ginevra. E proprio in quei locali dove erano racchiusi da tempo, dopo accurate analisi e minuziose perquisizioni, sono state trovate le opere rubate<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Illicitly<\/span> exported and bought by the English art dealer Robin Symes to be sold in England, Japan and the USA, the artefacts were recovered by the Carabinieri <\/span>division<\/span> for <\/span>Cultural Heritage Protection, <\/span>in collaboration with<\/span> the Swiss authorities. <\/span>The investigation began in March 2014, when it was first suspected that stolen works of art may have been stored in the vaults of the Free Port in Geneva. <\/span>And after careful analysis and exhaustive searches, it was in those very rooms that the stolen works of art were found, having been stored there for some time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Uno dei sarcofagi ritrovati<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Ci sono statue, vasi, busti in marmo, un sarcofago romano e una coppia di sarcofagi etruschi dipinti. Ma soprattutto un gruppo di lastre dipinte assolutamente eccezionali, provenienti da un tempio etrusco di Cerveteri<\/a><\/span>, il cui ritrovamento e restauro getter\u00e0 nuova luce sulla pittura e sulle decorazioni dei templi etruschi del VI secolo avanti Cristo.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are statues, vases, marble busts, a Roman sarcophagus and two painted Etruscan sarcophagi. But above all, a group of absolutely exceptional painted wall plates originating from an Etruscan temple in Cerveteri<\/a> <\/span>(north-west of Rome), whose discovery and restoration will shed new light on the painting and decoration of Etruscan temples in the 6th<\/sup> century BC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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La necropoli di Cerveteri<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

“Siamo di fronte a uno dei recuperi pi\u00f9 importanti degli ultimi decenni. C’\u00e8 stata una grande razzia negli anni 70-80 a Cerveteri \u2013 ha commentato il soprintendente dei beni archeologici del Lazio e dell’Etruria meridionale, Alfonsina Russo \u2013 Sarebbe opportuno effettuare immediatamente il restauro delle lastre templari, se possibile aperto al pubblico, e restituire poi i reperti ai musei etruschi di Cerveteri e di Villa Giulia a Roma”.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking at one of the most important recoveries of the last decades. In the 70’s and 80’s there was a huge amount of looting at Cerveteri \u2013 commented the superintendent for archaeological works in Lazio and southern Etruria, Alfonsina Russo \u2013 It would be appropriate to carry out the restoration of the temple plates immediately, and if possible, open to the public, then return the artefacts to the Etruscan museums of Cerveteri and Villa Giulia in Rome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Non vedo l’ora di poterli ammirare!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

As a trained archaeologist, articles relating Italian archaeology always catch my eye. Here’s a recent one that really pleased me: Il 22 marzo sono rientrate in Italia dalla Svizzera 45 casse piene di beni archeologici appartenenti al nostro paese. Beni archeologici unici, per un valore stimato di ben 9 milioni di euro, provenienti da scavi…<\/p>\n

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