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February 15, 2011

Rossi calls everyone to save the Etruscan town of Gonfienti

MEADOW - A solution for Gonfienti? Still not there, but to find the President of the Tuscany Enrico Rossi has decided to convene all stakeholders and make them sit around a table. And do it quickly, within a few weeks.
"The Etruscan city that I saw this morning is the expression of a civilization so ancient, refined and at the same time global 'we can not but enhance it, perhaps tying it to the park of the Plain. A sign of identity and a cultural and tourist potential to be absolutely not be overlooked. It I was really impressed, "admits Ross. Then adds: "It would be nice to resume the old habit of planning the future.
not necessarily be do everything at once. But you can build something important and making strategic, year after year, a piece at a time. "

A hidden city

To understand what could be the Etruscan town of Gonfienti, a city still now largely hidden, just cross the gate of the mill. And that's what made this morning the President of the Tuscany Enrico Rossi, invited by the Culture of the Province of Prato Edoardo Nesi. With him were the Departments of Culture Cristina Scaletti and territory Anna Marson, Mayor Robert Lawn Work, President of the Province of Prato Lamberto Gestri with the commissioner and the head Nesi Area of \u200b\u200bArchaeological Superintendence Gabriella Poggesi.

The treasure preserved Mill

From Gonfienti fact, at eight o'clock this morning wrapped by a thick fog, has begun a tour of the county council in Prato.
The Mill is an old medieval complex, an ancient possession of Ginori, who gets up with its limestone tower in the fields and warehouses Interporto Prato. It is in this building, renovated with European funds, which are kept all the finds of the excavations conducted on three small plots of land, the only suspects so far. There are fragments of ancient craters, bowls and dippers who came from Attica, and even from Egypt Syria. There are primary phases that dominated the roofs of houses to affirm the power of the families who lived there, some of the big houses also 1400 square meters. There are maps on the walls and the reconstruction of a small porch on the first floor of a house
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A fortuitous discovery, fifteen years ago

What to Gonfienti, buried under the ground, there was a major Etruscan city, twin Marzabotto and constructed to control traffic through the Apennines, was discovered by chance in 1995 during construction of the basin Interporto compensation. Twenty hectares, half on the lawn, the rest on Campi Bisenzio. And the first excavations began the following year.

ready to spend € 500 000

The problem today is how to reconcile the project Interporto with the enhancement of the archaeological site. "We are ready to € 500 000 - complains Councillor of the Province of Prato, Edoardo Nesi -: 300 000 offered them the region, the other province. But we can not spend it." Because the land belongs to the company (privately) that manages the Freight and that land can not be surrendered.

Divide the two companies

The proposal of the City of Prato is to create a new company (or foundation) for the archaeological area of Gonfienti. At first, the partners could be the same Interporto, then maybe be different. The new company would have supplied the land of the Etruscan town and a warehouse to use as a "workshop", but also part of the debt of the old society, partly due to the costs of excavation. The draft of the Municipality, there is also a hotel and a museum, Villa Niccolini.
these or other proposals will be the focus of the meeting convened by President Rossi.

Walter Fortini