Aquileia (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the Early Roman Empire, was destroyed by Attila in the mid-5th century. Most of it still lies unexcavated beneath the ...

Researchers went underwater to investigate seven archaeological sites in the Adriatic Sea in the lagoons off the island of Grado in Italy. The finds ranged from shipwrecks to unidentified monumental ...

Aquileia, a small town in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeastern Italy, is now a modest place with barely 3,000 inhabitants. However, its past is among the richest and most significant in ...

During his general audience on Dec. 5, Pope Benedict XVI offered his reflections on St. Chromatius of Aquileia. He proclaimed the truths of the faith and sustained his flock in hope amid the ...

A view from the area of the recently unearthed basilica to the Cathedral of Aquileia. Photo by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, ...

The historic city of Aquileia, located in northeastern Italy, has witnessed an intriguing archaeological discovery near the town of Monastero. During the construction work for a new bike path along ...

Ruins of the Roman-era port of Aquileia have been submerged in northeast Italy’s Grado Lagoon for some time as the waters of the Adriatic Sea swallowed the coastal remnants of history. But ...

2017 Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia - Map of the inscribed minor boundary modification 2018 Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia - Map of the ...