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A 500 galleon shipwreck discovered in Camogli is the first

6/19/2020, 6:05:57 PM


The remains of a large Renaissance boat found at the end of February by two professional divers during a dive in the area could be of the Santo Spirito, one of the greatest Italian galleons, shipwrecked off Camogli in 1579. (ANSA)

(ANSA) - GENOA, JUNE 19 - The remains of a large Renaissance vessel found at the end of February by two professional divers during a dive in the PortoPidocchio area in the Marine Protected Area of ​​Portofino, at a depth of 50 meters. The discovery was announced by the superintendency.
    To give the precise identity of the boat will be glistudi, already underway by the superintendence that, together with the underwater carabinieri, has started the recognition operations. The find is called "important" because it is the first in Italy of a wreck from this era. "From a wreckage of this era we can expect ceramics, coins to emerge - underlines Alessandra Cabella, art historian, scuba diver of the superintendency - but also navigation tools, such as sextants or armillary spheres, but also artillery, anchors. All objects that can help us adapt the wreck ".
    For the two discoverers, Gabriele Succi and Edoardo Sbaraini, the finding was a great emotion. "We were doing an exploratory dive when our attention was drawn to an area covered by abandoned fishing nets and other clues announcing the presence of a nonmodern wreck, so we warned the superintendency." One side of the hull. (HANDLE).

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