Riomaggiore, Italy
11th century
Monreale, Italy
1172-1267
Palermo, Italy
1143
Syracuse, Italy
7th century AD
Rome, Italy
311-314 AD
Palermo, Italy
1185
Turin, Italy
1645
Tivoli, Italy
Italian Renaissance (1550)
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1752
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7000 BCE
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1354
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11th century
Rome, Italy
1583
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1131-1240
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6th century BC
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4th century AD
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0-100 AD
Vernazza, Italy
11th century
Milan, Italy
1463
Verona, Italy
100 BC
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.