Colonna Pizzuta: A Sharp-Edged Funerary Monument in Sicily

Colonna Pizzuta, located near the ancient city of Eloro, is a Greek monument from the 3rd century BC. A sharp-edged column, it is named after its distinctive form, pizzuta in Sicilian. The monument is identified as the signpost of an important funerary monument. In 1899, archaeologist Paolo Orsi discovered a chamber tomb under the column, dated to the 3rd century BC. The tomb chamber, stuccoed in red and white, holds figures, one of which holds a bronze from the era of Hiero II. The discovery of the tomb allowed the date of the monument to be moved from the 5th to the 3rd century BC.

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