Superintendent Bonaudo, we will evaluate actions to protect the discovery.
A Roman-era wreck was found off the coast of Pisciotta, along the Cilento coast, about 7 miles from the mainland. The first identification of the wreck dates back to 2021 during underwater reconnaissance carried out by the Terna Rete Italia company, under the scientific direction of Drs. Simona Di Gregorio and Maria Tommasa Granese for the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Salerno and Avellino, as part of the “Tyrrhenian Link” project, the new electrical corridor that will connect Sicily with Sardinia and the Italian peninsula.
Last July, thanks to the support of the Carabinieri Nucleo Subacquei of Naples, more detailed reconnaissance was carried out which confirmed that it is a Roman age ship with a cargo of several hundred amphorae. The vessel, measuring 12 x 8 meters, lies at a depth of 152 meters and occupies a surface area of approximately 100 square meters. The typology of the amphorae, most of which are fully preserved, allows us to date the wreck between the XNUMXnd and XNUMXst century BC.
The area, at the request of the Superintendency of Salerno, was closed by the Palinuro coast guard through an ordinance that prohibits anchoring, stopping, fishing, scuba diving and any other activity that could cause damage to the wreck.
“This is an exceptional find – declares the superintendent Raffaella Bonaudo – which adds to the many others already known along the Cilento coast, whose study will provide important information on the traffic that took place on the Tyrrhenian routes in the republican era. In the coming months, together with the National Superintendence for Underwater Cultural Heritage, we will evaluate what actions to take to protect this important discovery”.
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