I NUOVI RELITTI DI GRADO E L’ISOLA LAGUNARE DI GORGO: AGGIORNAMENTI SULLA PORTUALITÀ AQUILEIESE [The new shipwrecks of Grado and the lagoon island of Gorgo: Updates on Aquileia harbor system]

The new shipwrecks of Grado and the lagoon island of Gorgo: Updates on Aquileia harbor system · The island of Grado separates the upper Adriatic Sea from the lagoon of the same name which, due to the rise in sea level, now covers part of what was the outskirts of Aquileia in Roman times. Here probably existed a widespread port where the passage of cargo from larger ships to flat-bottomed ones that could more easily reach the urban port or travel the internal routes that interconnected the entire region took place. Until recently there were only a few timbers as evidence of the passage of ships in this area, but that changed last summer with the discovery of two new shipwrecks. In addition to these discoveries due to underwater archaeological research, the re-reading of data from an excavation of over a century ago on the Gorgo island made it possible to recognize the reuse of planks from a sewn boat. The set of all the nautical artifacts seems to identify a privileged route to reach the port of Aquileia through the inlet of Grado.