An exclusive and fascinating journey through the thousand-year history of the city of the two seas. Guided tour of the archaeological sites of Taranto: Necropolis areas, chamber tombs, hypogeal structures and Greek walls.
The Archaeological area represents the largest funerary sector currently accessible in the Greek polis.
In fact, it preserves around 140 tombs inside, attributable to one of the most significant areas of the late classical and Hellenistic necropolis.
The excavations carried out have made it possible to ascertain that the site was frequented – mainly for funerary uses – from the end of the 7th/first half of the 6th century. B.C. until the end of the 3rd century. BC.
The area allows you to easily begin a visit inside the necropolis of the Greek city, whose layout underwent notable development starting from the political events of the 5th century. BC, when the expansion of the town took place with the construction of the defensive walls and the organization of a regular road network which extended to include the necropolis.
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