Survey San Giovanni Battista
The Church of San Giovanni, one of the oldest structures in San Gemini. It is located at the northeast corner of the town. The church has a very attractive Romanesque façade on its west side built in 1199. Its history is as sketchy as the development of its very irregular plan.
The work started in 1999 focusing on the survey and documentation of the Romanesque façade of the church. Over time the scope expanded to cover the whole church the adjacent Augustinian monastery and various other structures that surround the church and the Piazzetta of San Giovanni Battista.
The goal of this project is to produce a comprehensive survey and documentation of the church, the reconstruction of its evolution over time, produce a diagnostic study of the present condition of the church that will be used in the future restoration of the church. Read more
Survey Santo Gemine
The church of Santo Gemine, the main church of San Gemini, is called the Duomo (cathedral), although it is not the seat of bishops. The adjacent parish house is the residence of the town priests and holds the parish offices. The church holds the remains of the town’s patron Saint Santo Gemine a Syrian monk that lived and preached in the area sometime between the 7th to 9th Century (sources vary on the dates attributed to his life).
It may be the oldest church on San Gemini. The history is not very clear until the 18th Century. Some sources say it was first built in the 6th Century. In the 8th Century it became the seat of the Bishop Carsulae and San Gemini; therefore the name Duomo. It was rebuilt several times in the Middle Ages, probably once before the 13th Century, two times in the gothic period (13th-14th Century) and, most recently, the interior was reconstructed and a new bell tower built in 1817-1847 by the Engineer Livoni, perhaps with some advise by the neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova. Read more
Excavation of Public Baths in Carsulae
Carsulae was a medium size city, built along the via Flaminia in the 2nd Century B.C. as part of the Roman colonization of Umbria. It was abandoned in the 2nd Century A.D. after earthquakes and sink holes destroyed the city. Carsulae is one of the principal archaeological sites in Umbria.
The site has been explored at various times since the 18th Century. The most important excavation was done from the 1950s to the 1970 by Umberto Ciotti. After a hiatus of thirty years, a new campaign is starting with the excavation of the Public Bath Area. It will be directed by Prof. Jane Whitehead ,Valdosta State University. UWM will collaborate on all phases of the work. Read more
