The visit
Stop 05 · Via Giambattista Casimiro · via de' Muscettola
Several cities beneath the street
From the railing along Via Casimiro you can observe traces of different periods: floors from Roman houses, remains of an imperial monumental complex and finds from a later Christian phase. This guide separates what is visible from what the excavations document.
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STORY 01
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The remains came to light in 1957 during public housing works. Excavations continued until 1959 and resumed between 1962 and 1967.
The study notes that stratigraphic methods were not followed, so important evidence about the sequence of structures was lost. The excavation itself has a history.
Giovanna Cera, Brindisi in età messapica e romana (2022), pp. 86–87, fig. 89
STORY 02
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The large fluted drum is the first clue to look for from the railing.
Marble fragments and portico columns are linked to an imperial monumental building; its complete form remains an interpretation.
Regione Puglia, CartApulia: Area archeologica di via Casimiro
STORY 03
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Beneath the monumental structures, the excavations document floors of Republican-period houses.
The regional record describes an opus signinum floor with coloured tesserae and spiral shells; at another level it records an imperial-period floor in cocciopesto.
Regione Puglia, CartApulia: Area archeologica di via Casimiro
STORY 04
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Finds include an early Christian sarcophagus and a seventh-century votive slab, now at the Ribezzo Museum.
A marble head of the Antonine period, attributed to Antinous, is kept at the National Museum in Taranto: these objects are not in the excavation.
Regione Puglia, CartApulia: Area archeologica di via Casimiro
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