Venice, Italy
1340
Milan, Italy
13th century
Turin, Italy
14th century
Genoa, Italy
13th century
Turin, Italy
1679
Catania, Italy
1696
Venice, Italy
1428-1430
Venice, Italy
1774
Rome, Italy
1586
Venice, Italy
1649
Turin, Italy
1645
Venice, Italy
1515
Tivoli, Italy
Italian Renaissance (1550)
Venice, Italy
1453
Naples, Italy
17th century
Caserta, Italy
1752
Palermo, Italy
11th century
Rome, Italy
1514-1534
Noto, Italy
1746-1830
Rome, Italy
1583
La Hougue Bie is a Neolithic ritual site which was in use around 3500 BC. Hougue is a Jèrriais/Norman language word meaning a \'mound\' and comes from the Old Norse word haugr. The site consists of 18.6m long passage chamber covered by a 12.2m high mound. The site was first excavated in 1925 by the Société Jersiaise. Fragments of twenty vase supports were found along with the scattered remains of at least eight individuals. Gravegoods, mostly pottery, were also present. At some time in the past, the site had evidently been entered and ransacked.
In Western Europe, it is one of the largest and best preserved passage graves and the most impressive and best preserved monument of Armorican Passage Grave group. Although they are termed \'passage graves\', they were ceremonial sites, whose function was more similar to churches or cathedrals, where burials were incidental.