The settlement of Nuceriola

Name: Via Appia
Address: Benevento

Via Appia

In brief

Al IV miglio da Benevento (circa 6 km) sorge l’insediamento di Nuceriola. Si tratta di un abitato di circa 14 ettari nato in età sannitica (IV sec. a.C.) e sopravvissuto fino all’Alto Medioevo. Nuceriola aveva un importante ruolo nella gestione delle risorse e nel controllo della viabilità, e rappresentava un punto di sosta lungo la via Appia. Ad oggi nulla…

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Category: altro
Address: Benevento
Directions: Google Maps

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At the fourth mile from Benevento (about 6 km) lies the settlement of Nuceriola. It was a settlement of about 14 hectares, founded in the Samnite period (4th century BC) and surviving until the Early Middle Ages. Nuceriola played an important role in resource management and in controlling traffic, and it served as a stopping point along the Appian Way. Today nothing is visible, but archaeological excavations have brought to light a stretch of the Samnite fortification in tuff blocks and a Roman-period craft complex (visible in the 3D model), dedicated to the production of thin-walled pottery. The investigations also identified a stretch of the Appian Way, almost completely destroyed by plowing.