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Archaeologists in Italy recently unearthed a 2,000-year-old basilica linked to Vitruvius<\/a>, the legendary engineer long known as the father of architecture.<\/p>\n

The building remains were found in Fano, a city roughly 150 miles northeast of Rome. The discovery was announced at a press conference with Italian officials on Jan. 19, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

Officials have identified the building as a basilica, or a public building. Basilicas were largely used for civic, not religious, purposes before Rome adopted Christianity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photos from the site show archaeologists working around the remains of the ancient stone building. The basilica had a rectangular layout, said officials, with 10 columns on its longer sides and four on its shorter ones.<\/p>\n

The basilica is the only building that experts can connect to Vitruvius with complete certainty.<\/p>\n

Vitruvius was born around 80\u201370 B.C. and died in 15 B.C. He is the renowned author of “De architectura,” an ancient text about architecture.<\/p>\n

The text consists of 10 treatises on architecture, engineering and urban planning, and is the oldest surviving work written<\/a> on the subject.<\/p>\n

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Leonardo da Vinci’s famous “Vitruvian Man<\/a>” drawing is a nod to Vitruvius, who also influenced such architects as Christopher Wren and Andrea Palladio.<\/p>\n

Regional archaeological superintendent Andrea Pessina told reporters that officials “have [an] absolute match” between the discovery and the basilica described in Vitruvius’s writings.<\/p>\n

“There are few certainties in archaeology … but we were impressed by the precision [of the match],” Pessina added.<\/p>\n

Archaeologists plan to continue working at the site to find more remnants. They said they hope to show the site to the public<\/a> one day.<\/p>\n

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Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli called the discovery “a sensational finding.”<\/p>\n

“[This is] something that our grandchildren will be talking about,” said Giuli.<\/p>\n

Luca Serfilippi, the mayor of Fano, called the find “the discovery of the century,” and mentioned that researchers have searched for the basilica for centuries.<\/p>\n

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“Scientists and researchers have been searching for this basilica for over 500 years,” Serfilippi said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The unique find follows a long list of discoveries related to ancient Rome in recent months.<\/p>\n

Last fall, archaeologists found a massive stone basin in Italy belonging to the city of Gabii, <\/a>a once-powerful rival of Rome.<\/p>\n

Weeks earlier, the Sicilian regional government announced the discovery of a helmet<\/a> from the Battle of the Aegates in 241 B.C.<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed reporting.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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