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Current status of the archaeological site (orthophotos, aerial photos, QTVR)

We now supply plans of excavations, topographical maps:


· Maps of site (ID 603, 610, 612, 614, 615)


· Site Map with topography and location of monuments (ID P1010001)


· Vector Features relating ancient walls and location of monuments (named “ancient_walls” and “remains”)


· Ortophotos (590150.ecw, 590160.ecw)


All the above materials are geo-referenced in ArcMap in the projected coordinate system “Monte Mario Italy 2” (Monte_Mario_Italy_2; Projection: Transverse_Mercator; False_Easting: 2520000,000000; False_Northing: 0,000000; Central_Meridian: 15,000000; Scale_Factor: 0,999600; Latitude_Of_Origin: 0,000000).


QTVR:
For the present we supply the QTVR relative to the excavation area of “Theatre of Lokroi”, later we will supply the QTVR relative to the excavation areas “Centocamere” and “Marasà”.

Research for reconstruction

Features of the site (please specify the time of year and time of day of the final model and if the final model will include people and animation)

Time of year: IV century b.C. Time of day: morning The final model will include people and animation (the guide Nosside - the commercial traveller Stesicoro - people going to the temple - the mistress of the house and the slaves)

Main monuments and buildings

The Temple
In the Marasà locality to the north-east end of the town there are the basement ruins of a temple, dateable at the end of the VII century b.C, one of few founded in Magna Graecia in Ionic style. This temple shows two archaic phases and a reconstruction of the V century b.C. Round the temple there are a set of structures related to the activities of cult. Temple Images


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The Theatre
Orientation and position:
· utilization of the hilly cavity at the foot of a rise;
· cavea looks on to opposite plain that offers a wonderful view of the hills and of the sea.






The theatre was built in blocks of sandstone (ammollis) typical of the area.
Skenè - has a rectangular plan with proscenium and parascenium. Few archaeological evidence left not allow to establish the presence of a fixed masonry stage or better with wooden elevation.


Proskenion - stage in columns (about 19x7metres) probably built as the rest of skené in wood, it was framed on the sides by two wings (paraskenia) and closed by a building composed of three spaces (skené), of which remain only the foundations.


Orchestra - to the sight of the tourist this space appears in the semicircular form that taken in Roman age. For the Hellenistic age we should conjecture a smaller circular orchestra, limited upriver by steps of cavea that was more advanced.


Cavea - extracted in the cavity of the hill, it was a steps divided in seven quoins (kerkides) by small stairs (klimakes) that allowed to go to the seats (in the beginning the cavea could give hospitality to about 4500 spectators). The cavea included about twenty lines of steps. Theatre Images








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