SANTA MARIA CAPUA VETERE – Il Mitreo
Un secolo fa, nel 1922, alcuni operai edili erano intenti a realizzare lo scavo di fondazione per un nuovo edificio in una zona non lontana dal famoso anfiteatro di Capua.
A PIECE OF HEAVEN
Un secolo fa, nel 1922, alcuni operai edili erano intenti a realizzare lo scavo di fondazione per un nuovo edificio in una zona non lontana dal famoso anfiteatro di Capua.
The pre-Roman megalithic walls were originally known to be from the hamlet of S. Eramo, in the territory of Pietravairano.
The path towards the town of Teano crossed lands with the remains of ancient buildings barely visible among brambles and wild herbs. For those presences, the entire area was known as "the Caves" and a chapel dedicated to the Madonna had been erected there.
The ancient Cales is located near Calvi Risorta, founded by the Ausoni or Aurunci and their capital, then sung by Latin poets and mentioned by Cicero for its wine production already of excellence at that time, as we say today.
The recovery began a century ago, with the first excavations in the area of the ancient theater of Suessa, a powerful center of the Aurunca Pentapolis whose first evidence dates back to the 8th century BC.