Padula, extraordinary discovery: a necropolis with 200 priceless finds resurfaces. A treasure buried for centuries, which today resurfaces with all its extraordinary beauty.
Over 200 archaeological finds, of incalculable cultural value, have been brought to light in Padula, in the Cicirelli area, a few steps from the majestic Certosa di San Lorenzo. An exceptional find, which has revealed part of a necropolis dating back to the XNUMXth-XNUMXth century BC, completely unknown until now.
The discovery was presented this morning in Certosa in the presence of the prosecutor of Lagonegro, Gianfranco Donadio, who ordered the preventive seizure of the area and the reporting of four people for damage and destruction of archaeological artefacts.
The Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit, together with the ABAP Superintendency of Salerno and Avellino, have begun in-depth investigations and studies on a site that, until now, had no known archaeological constraints or evidence.
A lost page of history has resurfaced in the subsoil of Padula: twenty burials, of the "cappuccina" type, pit and cremation type, some of which were seriously damaged by construction work.
Inside, a very rich funerary trousseau: craters, polychrome pottery, plates, ointment jars, fibulae, coins and even weapons, including two complete lead tripod skewers, used in funeral rites. Among the most precious artefacts, some could be attributed to the famous Greek ceramographer Assteas, active in Paestum between 350 and 330 BC, famous for his refined decorations.
But the real jewel of the find is a terracotta tile depicting a man on horseback, a find that archaeologists have defined as a “unicum” in the Vallo di Diano, an unprecedented piece that could rewrite the artistic history of the region.
