THE NECROPOLIS OF COZZO GUARDIOLE
The necropolis of cozzo Guardiole is the most important site of the region of Canicattini Bagni (IV - V century AD),
located in the territory of Noto.
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The small rocky hill is dotted with numerous burials, most of which are characterized by hypogeic chambers consisting of one or more four-column central tombs (most of them devastated).
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The whole necropolis is installed on an old prehellenic necropolis and its attendance crosses Byzantine period, medieval and modern.
Very important is the catacomb 3, a very large hypogeum with many sepulchral arches polysomes and canopy traces, and the small catacomb 4 in which are perfectly preserved two canopies and a single canopy.
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In the upper part of the site is the necropolis with open-air tombs and rare traces of the city,
with some segments roughly squared and a small crusher.
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Dating back to earlier times, many burial vaults have been used as shelters and dwellings,
for which reason they have been partly destroyed.
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Nevertheless, some of them reveal traces of lime roofing, fragments of ceramics combed African and in some cases also bone remains.
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For the photos presented here, we thank the kind courtesy of archaeologist Alessandro Santino Cugno.
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