The Venetic Sanctuary of Lagole no.2 by sandra46
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The Sanctuary of Lagole (Calalzo di Cadore, Belluno Province) is located along the ancient path that connected the Belluno area to the Alpine and Transalpine areas, within a picturesque spot due to the presence of sources of waters with therapeutic properties due to their carbonic and sulfuric characteristics. The pool, formed by the overflowing of the brook, is the most sacred part of this holy area. In fact most offerings, broken ladles for libation, plaques and small bronze statue of the offerers, were found here. The shrine for long time has been a worship place for Venetkens, Raeti and Celts first, and then, until the late imperial age, for the Romanized people. The sacred area was used to worship the local deity, called Trumusiate or Tribusiate Sainate (the last word means the Healer in Venetic, but they don't know the meaning of the god's name yet), which was later identified as Apollo. It probably was a protector of the military, since most offerers are Venetic, Celtic and later Roman soldiers, shown either naked with bools and helmet, throwing a spear, or on horseback. There are also small statues of Hercules, a favorite with the warriors, and Mars. The sanctuary was very close to the south-north route which became the Via Via Claudia Augusta, an ancient Roman road, which linked the valley of the Po River with Noricum (Austria) and Rhaetia (modern Southern Germany) across the Alps.
The people on the bench are Flavia, Valeria and Simon the Younger. I was with Simon the Elder on a relatively dry rock in the middle of the brook which forms small falls here. My friends were taking a break form a dig in the nearby village of Vigo.
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Comments (46)
Awesome Sandra!!
Magic! Well done my friend.
Very nice erland
I find this somehow a very poetical scene!
I really missed your worlds and the way of them... glad that you are still posting where you are and why!
Beautiful image. Fantastic colors!
Colorful and beautiful!
a very pretty place!
beautiful place, great colors.
Great scene..colours breath=taking
Very beautiful place, Sandra!
Great photo and story!
these people show the size of the area. cool shot
fascinating!!
Great place and colors.
The shot is awash with the hues of mineral-laden springs, and your composition allows both shores to 'embrace' it. You captured beautiful golds and oranges and saffrons on the edges. (I mean saffron the hue, not the crocus.) And fascinating about all the offerings that were found here. (Did they find them under water? In the rocks? Were there structures around the water that contained statuary, etc? Again, I'm not looking for an answer---I can look it up online---but I'm just curious where such offerings are found, and if they were originally placed in temples, underwater, etc...) As for your friends in the background, Simon the Younger? I assume that's a colloquial name, to distinguish him from the older Simon. But in the States the name sounds very formal, and intones someone from at least as far back as the Renaissance if not further. (Someone from the New Testament...) No offense to Simon! Just had some culture shock to know that they go by the names "the Younger" and "the Elder". Anyway, I wonder if you are part of digs when you photograph, or if you are a scholarly observer...I don't know your personal relation to these many sites you take us to, but I'm very grateful you take us to them. A scintillating picture with equally scintillating detail and history.