The archaeological excavation corse of the Specialization School in Monument Restoration
The didactic sites of archaeological excavation of the School of Specialization in Restoration of
Monuments were born with the aim of making architects aware of the methodologies and techniques
used by archaeological research. Such knowledge would have proved important for their inclusion in the
branch of Architecture aimed at the study, restoration, conservation and enhancement of monuments.
The archaeological sites to which we refer in this work, carried out from 1961 to 2013, took place in
Rome: in the area behind the Curia, in the Forum of Caesar, at the Tempio del Divo Romolo, at Vico delle
Carine and at the Baths of Caracalla. Since 1988 the didactic excavations have been carried out in various
areas of the Colosseum (Cunei 74, 32, 7 and 9; cells I-IV of the Hypogea as well as the intersection of their
axes; Fornici 47-48 in the III Order).
These interventions made it possible to acquire stratigraphic sequences and unpublished data, as well as to
establish new dating and to specify others.
