Alba Fucens e il Santuario di Ercole: una rilettura della città antica attraverso i materiali lapidei del pozzo

Abstract

Abstract
This paper aims to reconsider the architecture of the Roman colony of Alba Fucens through the lithic materials recently
discovered in a pit of the Hercules’ Sanctuary. The remains of the colonnade (shafts and a capitals) of the Sanctuary’s
square allows to reconstruct the architecture of the sacred area and to compare this with the other public buildings of
the Roman town, coeval to the Sanctuary. The findings of sculptures and mouldings inside the pit confirm the large
amount of votives dedicated in the sanctuary. Their original position can be hypothesised beneath the long porticoes
with statues of local magistrates and of Gods and Goddesses. Lastly the great amount of white and coloured marbles
slabs and sectilia shows the variety of marbles imported in Alba Fucens and, possibly, points out the moment of the
Roman town’s marmorisation, that should have happened at the beginning of Empire era.

Keywords: Republican Architecture, Architectural Decoration, Temple, Sculpture, Marbles.