Parco Archeologico dei Tauriani, Archaeological park in Palmi, Italy.
Parco Archeologico dei Tauriani is an archaeological park on a plateau above a cliff in Palmi, containing ancient structures, mosaics, and remains from multiple periods. The excavations reveal settlement traces from different eras, including residential quarters, sanctuaries, and a circular building that once served for gatherings.
Excavations revealed settlements dating from around 2000 BCE, including structures built by the Bruttians and later Roman modifications to the site. The location was used and reshaped by different cultures over many centuries.
The park is named after Antonio De Salvo, the Palmi surgeon who in 1885 and 1900 found Neolithic and early Iron Age material near Ponte Vecchio and mapped the visible ruins. Since 2020 the volunteers of the Movimento Culturale San Fantino have managed access, maintenance and guided tours, continuing an adoption begun in 1998.
The park can only be visited by prior arrangement, which needs to be organized by phone. It is wise to book in advance, as visits are guided and spaces may be limited.
The circular building was long thought to be an amphitheatre: Antonio De Salvo already suggested this in his 1899 work on Metauria and Tauriana. It actually has the form of a theatre but was built for gladiator combats, with room for about 3,000 spectators.
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