- Ferdinando Castagnoli
Ferdinando Castagnoli (June 18, 1917&ndash – July 28, 1988) was a Roman topographer who taught at the University of Rome.
Among Castagnoli's fieldwork accomplishments was the amazing discovery of the Latin sanctuary at
Lavinium (modernPratica di Mare ) and its series of 13 altars, a find that was revealed to the world in 1959. Also at the site is the so-calledheroon ofAeneas .He was a student of
Giuseppe Lugli . Among his students wasAdriano La Regina , former archaeological superintendent of Rome.Publications
* "Topographia e urbanistica di Roma" (Bologna 1958)
* "Topographia di Roma antica" (Enciclopedia classica, sez. 3. 10, Turin 1957; 2d rev. ed., Turin 1980
* "La leggenda di Enea nel Lazio," "Studi Romani" 30 (1982): 1-15.References
* "2,500-Year-Old Altars Found Near Rome; Believed to Be Part of Lost Sanctuary of Lavinium ITALY UNEARTHS ANCIENT ALTARS" By PAUL HOFMANN; "The New York Times" May 13, 1959. p. 1.
* Obituary recorded in "Vergilius" 34
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