The church emerging from the excavations of Pava is one of the few excavated in Tuscany from the late antique, early medieval, and medieval periods that, for the paleochristian phase, finds rare comparisons in Italy. Its layout, with opposing apses, fits into a Mediterranean context and is providing unprecedented data on the spread of this type in Italy. From the 10th century onwards, the ecclesiastical complex was enriched by a vast cemetery area (over 760 graves excavated to date) which ceased use at the beginning of the 13th century. The cemetery is also shaping up to be an extraordinary snapshot of the population of the Pava parish. Each skeleton bears marks of daily life habits, and the excavation of each burial helps enrich knowledge about a population that lived along the Asso Valley for at least three hundred years.
Information on Archaeological Excavations of Pava
Traversa dei Monti,
San Giovanni d’Asso (Siena)
0577234733
info@fondazionepava.org
Source: MIBACT
