Archaeology: Carreum Potentia

In 1957 explorers of the Chieri section of the “National Body of Young Italian Explorers” discovered fragments of pottery and bricks from the Roman Age in a field in Fontaneto road (in the Maddalene area). After these first discoveries archaeological research in Chieri and in the surrounding Chieri area began. It was further carried on in other sites (Valle Miglioretti, Ponte del Nuovo, Regione Tetti Fasano, Baptistery), where the remains of the aqueduct supplying Carreum were found. In the last decades the excavations, supervised by the Regional Archaeological Authority (for example, Palazzo Bruni, Casa Maggio, via San Raffaele), have definitely made clear the Roman structure of Carreum Potentia and the following settlement phases.