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Submitted by santokh on Saturday, 13 August 2011  Page Views: 6608

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Necropolis la Maddalena
Country: Italy Region: Piemonte Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Chiomonte  Nearest Village: Ramats
Latitude: 45.126200N  Longitude: 6.987200E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Necropolis la Maddalena submitted by santokh : What little now remains of the destroyed neolithic tomb. The area in front of the blue machine in the picture is the same area as in the previous photos, but taken after the police intervention. The pictures are taken from a slightly different angle but you can recognize the pale yellow house in both pictures to the right. The big white house (center top in both pictures) is the arc... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Parts of a 6000 year old archeological site have been destroyed during rioting in Chiomonte. The necropolis and village were heavily damaged during on June 27th, 2011. The local population are resisting the project to build a tunnel and high speed train route (TAV) which is being funded with millions of Euros from the EU.

During the rioting, police intervened and appear to have caused the damage shown in the top image. The police had been warned that they were operating in an archeological area of great importance. The local commissioner writes about the procedure for the "restoration of damages caused by police" which "has been put in place for reasons of 'force majeure'" and there will be "a claim against those responsible for this police response ", ie towards the protesters.

In the first days afterwards, local government officials accused people participating in the protest of taking stones from the necropolis in order to throw them against riot police. However this article quotes the official of Regione Piemonte for Cultural Affairs making a public statement that in their view the police were responsible for the destruction shown. ( Google Translation).

There has been more damage caused by the vehicles from the company Italcoge, who have a contract to surround the area with high fences in order to avoid further protests.

The riots are now over but hundreds of people (including old women and children) are sitting every day outside the site to keep the situation under control. Work on the TUV tunnel has not started. The area was cleared by police because in order to get the money from the EU the State needed to show that they had actually started by June 30.

Many politicians and MPs have visited the site afterwards. Gianni Vattimo, MP at the European Parliament reported to the Parliament in Brussels that no excavation work has started so far.

The Archeological museum is still closed and authorities are refusing to give information about it. We have been asking information to the town of Chiomonte’s Culture office, and to the person in charge of the Area. We have been asking to print on the site’s page that the area is currently closed off by police and cannot be visited. Several people have asked these question. No reply has been given.

See also the web site of the local museum: www.museo-lamaddalena.it

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Necropolis la Maddalena submitted by santokh : Village and necropolis 4000BC. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Necropolis la Maddalena submitted by santokh : The tomb found in the archaeological area in the locality of Magdalena before the destruction. It was found during excavation for the construction of the Frejus, and dates from the late fifth millennium BC The excavations unearthed several artifacts, kept in the Archaeological Museum built in the immediate vicinity. This is what the tombs looked like before the damage. Sourc... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Necropolis la Maddalena submitted by santokh : A wider view of the site, showing how it looked before its destruction. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Necropolis la Maddalena submitted by santokh : Necropolis la Maddalena. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Necropolis la Maddalena submitted by santokh : One of the many housing units under big rocks.

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Necropolis la Maddalena submitted by santokh : Site in Piemonte Italy

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Re: necropolis la Maddalena by Andy B on Saturday, 13 August 2011
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Further links and translations relating to this:

http://www.notav.eu/article5560.html

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.notav.eu%2Farticle5560.html

http://www.notav.info/top/guarda-video-plano-convoca-la-giunta-di-comunita-montana-alla-maddalena-di-chiomonte-dentro-il-fortino-martedi-9-agosto/

http://lariserva.forumcommunity.net/?t=47164673

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Flariserva.forumcommunity.net%2F%3Ft%3D47164673

http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/07/21/news/tav_l_assessore_bonino_al_cantiere_di_chiomonte-19416068

http://www.consiglioregionale.piemonte.it/interint/jsp/AttoSelezionato.jsp?ATTO=90679

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSKp8yiS-JU
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necropolis la Maddalena by Santokh on Saturday, 23 July 2011
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Cristina Uran, responsible for Cultural Activities in the town of Chiomonte, recently resigned her post after the police illegally occupied the Museum of the Necropolis, and heavily damaged the site and the tombs.

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necropolis la Maddalena by Santokh on Saturday, 23 July 2011
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The site and its museum are currently occupied by anti-riot police and cannot be visited.

The most famous tomb in the necropolis, "Tomba della Regina" or 'Queen's tomb' has been recently damaged.

The area is supposedly going to be part of the TAV (high speed train) project. The project is strongly opposed by the local population.

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