# Necropoli punica

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Necropoli punica preserves Palermo’s Punic burial ground, linking the city’s early settlement to Phoenician and Carthaginian activity. The site lies beneath Caserma Tukory, a former barracks in Palermo’s urban landscape.

Its tombs include underground chambers, stone sarcophagi, pit graves, and urn burials for ashes. Burials used both inhumation and cremation, revealing different funerary practices within the cemetery. Locally made cups, jugs, and amphorae accompany imported Attic black-figure pottery and Greek black-glazed ceramics. These objects connect ancient Palermo with Mediterranean exchange, meals, rituals, and varied cultural traditions.

The cemetery remained in use from the late seventh to the early third century before Christ. Its east-northeast orientation shows an organised arrangement of burial spaces. Archaeological discoveries also preserve evidence of dense burial activity within a limited area. A protective cover and educational path place the visible tombs beside the modern city. The Necropoli punica lets you read Palermo’s ancient history through graves, objects, and changing burial customs. Architectural barriers limit access, a concrete feature of the site’s present setting.

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## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_Necropolipunica_68c17c60e7953b1337019195_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tombe_du_cimetière_punique_\(Palerme\)_3.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_Necropolipunica_68c17c60e7953b1337019195_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Le_cimetière_punique_\(Palerme\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_Necropolipunica_68c17c60e7953b1337019195_2.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Le_cimetière_punique_\(Palerme\)_2.jpg)

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