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The archaeological area of
LA CUMA
The archaeological area of
LA CUMA
The Roman sanctuary of La Cuma in Monte Rinaldo was built starting from the middle 2nd century BC, and then it went through different building phases until being definitely abandoned in the first half of the 1st century BC.
It is a place of worship divided into three main structures. At the center there is a temple dedicated to Jupiter, which has an undefined diagram, but it had for sure decorations made of architectural terracotta on the roof, and sculptures made of painted terracotta on the fronton, as well as the other two buildings which brought to light significative fragments of architectural terracotta.
Behind the temple, there is a monumental portico, with Doric and Ionic-Italic sandstone columns dating back to the second quarter of the 2nd century. It had a function of retention of the hillside, and a scenographic function, in line with the Hellenistic architectures that right in this time spread in the Mediterranean area.