Museum Week has just ended, the initiative which saw the participation of the national archaeological museum Antiquarium Turritano of Porto Torres. Images and videos showed how the museum knows how to coexist expertly with the modern city and its activities, the sea and its habitat and the surrounding nature.
In the various weekly appointments, seven different themes linked in the virtual event in which museums and institutions from the five continents and through social media talk about and show their art and culture. We talked about water, plants, animals, bacteria and the great variety of living organisms and the ecological systems in which they live and evolve, each have their own delicate balance to preserve.
At the center Porto Torres and the sea today, the Colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis and its relationship with the sea yesterday. The life of the colony essentially revolves around the port and commercial activities linked to the sea, as shown by the mass of materials preserved in the showcases of the Antiquarium Turritano. Numerous boats have sunk in the gulf and numerous wrecks have been found in the sea off the coast with their precious cargo and equipment, including anchors and amphorae used for the transport of wine, oil and the delicious garum. On the surfaces of these objects, intricate marine encrustations are observed, a phenomenon due to the accumulation and deposition of living organisms, both unicellular and multicellular animals and plants (bio-encrustation) or other non-living substances (organic or inorganic).
