Elisabetta Govi, Professoressa Ordinaria in Etruscologia, Università di Bologna

The Etruscan city of Kainua (Marzabotto), near Felsina (Bologna) in the Po Valley, was
re-founded in the late 6th and early 5th centuries B.C. according to astronomical principles to
which corresponds a foundation rite that can be reconstructed in its stages. The urban layout
reveals logics of space division, between public and private areas, which ongoing excavations
of the University of Bologna have well clarified. The dimension of the sacred greatly affects
urban planning articulation, and temples shape the space of the city, also conditioning its
productive economy. Within the urban sanctuary being excavated, ritual space is intertwined
with ritual space, with truly unusual architectural choices. Complex dynamics of social and
political transformation, well reflected by the recently discovered inscriptions, emerge in the
management of the sacred by the groups in power.

Register to attend HERE.