Ars Aedificandi

Selinunte Archaeological Park and Cave of Cusa
Italy, Selinunte and Cave of Cusa
04 july 2022 - 5 november 2023

Days of exhibition


The construction site in the classical world

ARS AEDIFICANDI. The Construction Site in the Classical World is an exhibition that was created with the stated goal of engaging the public in understanding the techniques and processes that were carried out in ancient times to erect the temples of Selinunte.
The exhibition project really wants to showcase the heart of the building process, and thus starts from where the building materials with which the temples would have been realized were extracted. The exhibition begins in the Cave of Cusa, active since the 6th century B.C. and hastily abandoned when Hannibal's army was first sighted.

An exhibition therefore of great educational and documentary value, recreating the construction sites set up to build the great Doric sanctuaries of Selinunte. In fact, retracing the descriptions of ancient sources and the iconographic descriptions of the Grand Tour travelers, visitors will follow the route of the so-called "rocchi" to the Archaeological Park, where 1:1 scale machines are positioned. Ten "machines" have been reconstructed on the eastern hill and the Acropolis, including a crane (12 meters high, reproduced in full scale), wagons and sleds for transporting stone material; measuring instruments such as the corobate (a Roman instrument used to measure the slope of the ground).

Produced and organized by MondoMostre in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, Cave di Cusa and Pantelleria, directed by Felice Crescente, and promoted by the Sicilian Region, Department of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity, the exhibition has a strong scientific committee.


HOURS
Selinunte Archaeological Park

May 1 to September 30: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
October 1 to 31: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
January 1 to February 28: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
March 1 to March 26: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
March 27 to April 30: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
(last entry one hour before the closing of the site)

Cave of Cusa
Visits by reservation only

 

TICKETS
Selinunte Archaeological Park
Piazzale Iole Bovio Marconi, 1 - Marinella di Selinunte Castelvetrano (TP)
2€ + ordinary entrance ticket to the Park, allows access to all areas of the exhibition
TICKETING SERVICE
CoopCulture
Phone reservations tel: +39 09231990030

Photogallery |

Ars Aedificandi

Artworks |

  • La grande gru
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • La biga
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • La grande gru
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • La macchina di Chersifrone
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • La grande gru
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • La biga
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • Il percorso
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • Il percorso
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • Veduta aerea
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

  • La grande gru
    ph. Gianluca Baronchelli

Trailer |

Take a look at the preview of the exhibition

Extra |

Interviews, insights, curiosities, anecdotes