Columbarium Being Stripped Bare by 18th-Century Treasure Hunters

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Francesca Santoro L'hoir
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published on 19 October 2014
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From the 15th-18th centuries CE, the many columbaria that lined the consular highways leading out of Rome were plundered and destroyed. Consequently, one sees bits and pieces of them cemented into the walls of villas and palazzos all over Rome. Such decorations taken from ancient sites are called spolia.

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Francesca Santoro L'hoir
I am a former college professor and Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1997.

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L'hoir, F. S. (2014, October 19). Columbarium Being Stripped Bare by 18th-Century Treasure Hunters. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3153/columbarium-being-stripped-bare-by-18th-century-tr/

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L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "Columbarium Being Stripped Bare by 18th-Century Treasure Hunters." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 19, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3153/columbarium-being-stripped-bare-by-18th-century-tr/.

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L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "Columbarium Being Stripped Bare by 18th-Century Treasure Hunters." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Oct 2014. Web. 21 Dec 2024.

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