Ferdinando Castagnoli

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Ferdinando Castagnoli (born June 18, 1917–died July 28, 1988) was a Roman topographer who taught at the University of Rome.

Among Castagnoli's fieldwork accomplishments was the amazing discovery of the Latin sanctuary at Lavinium (modern Pratica di Mare) and its series of 13 altars, a find that was revealed to the world in 1959. Also at the site is the so-called heroon of Aeneas.

He was a student of Giuseppe Lugli. Among his students was Adriano La Regina, former archaeological superintendent of Rome.

[edit] Publications

• Topographia e urbanistica di Roma (Bologna 1958)
• Topographia di Roma antica (Enciclopedia classica, sez. 3. 10, Turin 1957; 2d rev. ed., Turin 1980
• "La leggenda di Enea nel Lazio," Studi Romani 30 (1982): 1-15.

[edit] References

• "2,500-Year-Old Altars Found Near Rome; Believed to Be Part of Lost Sanctuary of Lavinium ITALY UNEARTHS ANCIENT ALTARS"

By PAUL HOFMANN; The New York Times May 13, 1959. p. 1.

• Obituary recorded in Vergilius 34