A PROJECT FOR CONSERVATION AND VALORIZATION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK OF POPULONIA

The Archaeological Park of Populonia extends from the beach in the Gulf of Baratti - where you overlook the necropolis of the Etruscan town - up to the acropolis of Populonia - which contains the large monumental structures, dating from the second century BC. The ancient town extended, on a promontory overlooking the Gulf of Baratti, into an area rich in mines and near a natural harbour, obligatory point of stopping for ships that navigated the central Tyrrhenian. The town consisted of two areas: the acropolis, located on top of the promontory with housing complexes, public buildings and temples, defended by mighty walls of which are still visible traits very conspicuous, and the lower town which included the districts productive and port area behind which stretched the necropolis. The project was carried out by experimental technical and didactic solutions, also to improve its accessibility taking into account the most urgent needs of conservation and valorization of the structures on the site and of its landscape value.