Among Castagnoli's fieldwork accomplishments was the amazing discovery of the Latin sanctuary at
Lavinium (modern
Pratica di Mare) and its series of 13 altars, a find that was revealed to the world in 1959. Also at the site is the so-called
heroon of
Aeneas.[2]
Castagnoli was a student of
Giuseppe Lugli. Among his students was
Adriano La Regina, a former archaeological superintendent of Rome.
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1958. Topografia e urbanistica di Roma. Bologna : L. Cappelli.
1972. Lavinium. I, Topografia generale, fonti e storia delle ricerche. Rome: De Luca.
1975. Lavinium 2 : le tredici are. Rome: De Luca.
1980. Topographia di Roma antica (Enciclopedia classica, sez. 3. 10, Turin 1957; 2d rev. ed., Turin.
1982. "La leggenda di Enea nel Lazio." Studi Romani 30:1-15.
1984. "Il Tempio Romano: Questioni di Terminologia e di Tipologia." Papers of the British School at Rome 52:3-20.
^Hofmann, Paul. "2,500-Year-Old Altars Found Near Rome; Believed to Be Part of Lost Sanctuary of Lavinium ITALY UNEARTHS ANCIENT ALTARS." The New York Times May 13, 1959. p. 1.