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A15 - ROOFED-CISTERNS
Roofed cistern, a water production device on the Murge. The slope of the roof emerging from the ground catches water which pours into drinking troughs for the animals. Micro-flows of water from the subsoil collect in the hypogeal chamber.
Archaeological vestiges of Paestum. The heroon, the mausoleum of the holy ancestor has the same shape as that of the roofed cisterns still in use in Apulia and Lucania.
Roofed cistern, a water production device typical of the Murgia highland.
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