Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam return to Italy 36 archaeological pieces Campania black ceramic, with at least 2000 years old , which from next April shall be held in Sicily, where they were lost in a shipwreck.
The pieces will be returned to Italy from April 27 a Once the exhibition “Sicily and the sea” in which some of these objects are exposed ends, said a spokesman for the museum.
The Italian Department of Cultural Property unknown “so far the existence of these antiquities “and noted with” great enthusiasm and generosity will “of those responsible for the Allard Pierson, given” the difficulty that often accompanies such situations, “the spokesman added.
The Dutch museum has identified the source of such parts and it has been demonstrated that “belonged to the famous ruins of the wreck of Capistello”, northeast of the Sea of Sicily, thanks to “the research and restoration carried out on the occasion of the exhibition” in progress.
The set, which was in the Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam since 1982, “he was purchased from a private collector from Belgium” and consists of pottery and clay urns, pottery fragments and a piece of one
anchor. The decision of the Allard Pierson serves “ethical reasons” explained museum director, Steph Scholten, the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant.
“In the eighties not He had almost no rules for the exchange of archaeological finds and simply did not know we were wreck of Sicily “he said.
He added that to discover the” real source “of the pieces and know that in Italy was “half of all archaeological objects”, the museum decided to “return them to their place of origin.”
This is a “voluntary” decision because the Dutch government has not yet He subscribed to the UNESCO Convention of 2001, which includes the protection of underwater cultural heritage to prevent looting by divers and hunters aquatic treasures.
“But we can say that the objects we belong “and therefore” be returned to Italy after the end of the exhibition in Amsterdam, “Scholten said.
For its part, the Italian ambassador in the Netherlands, Francesco Azzarello, called the action of the museum Amsterdam as “an example to the world” and as a “rare gesture” as similar negotiations often last years, according to the Dutch newspaper also reports.
The exhibition “Sicily and the sea”, inaugurated on 9 October in the Dutch capital, displayed next to the remains of Capistello, extraordinary archaeological objects belonging to as many shipwrecks under the waters of the beautiful Mediterranean island.
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