From the excavations of the Superintendency which are being carried out in Piazza San Marco in Venice to restore the 'masigni' (the stone slabs used for the paving and damaged by high waters) seven skeletons have emerged in a common tomb dating back to the late Middle Ages where the church of San Geminiano once stood, the church of the Doges, later demolished and rebuilt on the eastern side and finally razed to the ground by Napoleon.
The news was given by archaeologist Sara Bini who is coordinating the work, explaining that the remains, including that of a child, date back to a period between the seventh and eighth centuries.
"It is a very important discovery - comments Bini - and we can hypothesize that this tomb hosted important people".
For the moment the burial has yielded the remains of a child around 8 years old, of a woman and five other adults.
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