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<< Text Pages >> Mezzovico-Vira Lepontische Stelen - Sculptured Stone in Switzerland in Tessin

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Multi-periodSite Name: Mezzovico-Vira Lepontische Stelen
Country: Switzerland Canton: Tessin Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Lugano  Nearest Village: Locarno
Latitude: 46.168370N  Longitude: 8.793700E
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:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
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
0no data
no data

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Sculptured Stone in Tessin

In Castello Visconteo museum in Locarno. Large stone stele carved with Lepontish letters now at Rätischen Museum in Chur. Originaly located at Iron Age Grave in Davesco-Soragno in Tessin. Lepontish refers to the local style of writing which looks like a cross between runes and latin letters used by indigenous celtic people before the Roman conquest.

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Re: Mezzovico-Vira Lepontische Stelen by Megalithic89 on Wednesday, 15 June 2022
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Update 2022: The grave stela found when constructing Hotel-Ristorante Palazzino at Mezzovico-Vira is in a depot of this Museum. The Museum is called "Museo civico archeologico Castello Visconteo". Address: Via Bartolomeo Rusca 5, 6600 Locarno, Telephone Number as above ++41 91 756 31 80.

A new place where it can be shown to the public is still under discussion.

The grave stela found at the Church of Davesco Soragno TI is exhibited in the Raetian Museum at Chur. See the site page at location Chur.
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