Portonaccio (Veio)
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| Location | Isola Farnese, Italy |
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| Region | Lazio |
| Type | Sanctuary |
| History | |
| Abandoned | late second century B.C. |
| Periods | Archaic period |
| Cultures | Etruscan |
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| Excavation dates | yes |
| Archaeologists | Giovanni Colonna |
| Condition | ruined |
| Public access | yes |
| Website | Il santuario di Portonaccio (Italian) |
Coordinates: 42°01′16″N 12°23′27″E / 42.02111°N 12.39083°E
The Portonaccio sanctuary is an archaeological site on the western side of the plateau on which the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, north of Rome, Italy, was located. The site takes its name from the locality within the village of Isola Farnese, part of Municipio XX, city of Rome.
The site was occupied by an ancient sanctuary complex erected in a cutting on the side of the hill, over which the city wall of Veii towered. One of the richest sources of Etruscan artifacts: pottery and other objects inscribed in Etruscan and terra cotta statuary and other decorative elements, it contained two main structures, one a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Menerva (Etruscan spelling) and the other a temple that had statues of Turms, Hercle, Aplu (the Apollo of Veii) and Letun on the roof, which has come to be regarded as a temple of Apollo. Next to the temple of Apollo was a rectangular pool. A well provided water. The site has been left wooded, as it was in ancient times, when surrounded by a sacred grove.
The site was excavated in modern times by Massimo Pallottino in the 1940s and published decades later by the first and second generation of his students. The roof of the temple of Apollo has been restored on one side. It hangs over the site on a geometrical framework of steel rods. The sanctuary of Menerva is under roof nearby. Otherwise, only the foundation walls of the complex survive. In ancient times, it was surrounded by its own wall.
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