Articles by Sabrina Mutino

The surveillance activities, directed by the Superintendency during the works for the Bradano-Basento water scheme between 2016 and 2019, allowed the discovery of 29 archaeological sites along 21 linear km between Palazzo San Gervasio and Genzano di Lucania (PZ). The sites, included among the points of interest of the Ministerial Geoportal along stages 19 and 20 of the verified route of the Appia Regina Viarum Strategic Development Project, represent one of the significant elements of the dossier collected for the candidacy of the Appian Way as a Heritage Route, curated by the UNESCO Office of the MIC. The encouraging results of the investigations have highlighted the importance of a possible interaction between communities and institutions, between public and private. The docu-film ‘Viarium. Cultural landscapes in the ager Bantinus’ summarizes the first results of this synergy, proposing a path in stages, topographical and chronological, from Prehistory to the Middle Ages, to the contemporary age, with particular attention to the historical-archaeological reconstruction of the main sites along the route marked by the archaeological finds. The role played by the roads (Viarium) is evident here, a common thread that unites places and cultures, but also constitutes a ‘way’, a way to tell the story, according to the paradigms of new digital languages.