Loricati in bronzo dal Piemonte nord-occidentale

The paper is focused on the fragments of bronze loricates emerged in a restricted area of north-western Piemonte and probably belonging to honorary statues: to the very famous items from Industria (to be attributed to more than one statue), for which it is proposed to prefix the traditional chronology, a sleeve of cuirass emerged in Ivrea and some fragments of clay shells from Turin have to be added, attesting to the existence of a local workshop. The result is a rich and articulated picture, certainly to be connected with the exploitation of the mining district of the Cogne valley by the Avilii of Industria; which is unmatched in northern Italy and seems instead to refer to the territories beyond the Alps.