In Pievecchia, at the foot of the first hills rising between Capezzano Pianore and Pietrasanta, a series of findings have brought to light remains of constructions, fragments of inscribed tombstones and pottery belonging to a necropolis in use between the Ist and the IInd century a.D. and probably close to a rural settlement.
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Details:
- CIAMPOLTRINI G., Monumenti epigrafici, in Museo Archeologico Versiliese. Pietrasanta, Viareggio 1995
- VAGGIOLI M. A., Pievecchia (Pietrasanta), in Museo Archeologico Versiliese. Pietrasanta, Viareggio 1995
In the 1930's, during agricultural works in Pievecchia, some graves, covered and closed by large stone, slabs were discovered; later rests of Roman constructions, potsherds and building material were found.
These findings point to a burial area used in the first centuries of the Empire and probably close to a rural settlement, in line with a custom attested at Crocialetto, Montiscendi, Pieve di San Giovanni e Santa Felicita and Cafaggio.
The discovery of two tombstones is of particular interest: the one marking the tomb of the legionary L. Cornelius Macer, a Lucchese belonging to the "Fabia" tribe and mentioned together with his son Primus, can be dated to the first decades of the Ist century a.D.; the second, datable between the Ist and the IInd century a.D., has a small arched pediment decorated with a rose amidst hanging buds; after an inscription dedicated to the "Manes", guardians of the dead, a husband, whose name can be only read in part, remembers his wife Oppia Cyrilla.
Remains cannot be seen; finds are kept at the Archeological Museum "Bruno Antonucci" a Pietrasanta.
