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Ferdinando Castagnoli

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Ferdinando Castagnoli (June 18, 1917, in Prato – July 28, 1988, in Marina di Pietrasanta) was a Roman topographer who taught at the University of Rome.[1]

Among Castagnoli's fieldwork accomplishments was the amazing discovery of the Latin sanctuary at Lavinium (modern Pratica di Mare) and its series of 13 altars, a find that was revealed to the world in 1959. Also at the site is the so-called heroon of Aeneas.[2]

Castagnoli was a student of Giuseppe Lugli. Among his students was Adriano La Regina, a former archaeological superintendent of Rome.

He was a member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

Publications

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  • 1956. "La centuriazione di Cosa." Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 24:147+149-165.
  • 1956. Ippodamo di Mileto e l'urbanistica a pianta ortogonale. Rome: De Luca. (English translation, 1971. Orthogonal town planning in antiquity. MIT Press.) Review by John E. Coleman, The Classical World 66.6 (1973):369-70.
  • 1958. Topografia e urbanistica di Roma. Bologna : L. Cappelli.
  • 1972. Lavinium. I, Topografia generale, fonti e storia delle ricerche. Rome: De Luca.
  • 1975. Lavinium 2 : le tredici are. Rome: De Luca.
  • 1980. Topographia di Roma antica (Enciclopedia classica, sez. 3. 10, Turin 1957; 2d rev. ed., Turin.
  • 1982. "La leggenda di Enea nel Lazio." Studi Romani 30:1-15.
  • 1984. "Il Tempio Romano: Questioni di Terminologia e di Tipologia." Papers of the British School at Rome 52:3-20.

Necrology

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References

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  1. ^ "CASTAGNOLI, Ferdinando in "Enciclopedia Italiana"".
  2. ^ Hofmann, Paul. "2,500-Year-Old Altars Found Near Rome; Believed to Be Part of Lost Sanctuary of Lavinium ITALY UNEARTHS ANCIENT ALTARS." The New York Times May 13, 1959. p. 1.