The largest Longobard necropolis in Italy, having 760 tombs - one of the most important in Europe because being of a specific century, the VII - is emerged at Sant'Albano Stura, during the works for the Asti-Cuneo motorway. It is a great discovery, because of the many tombs have funerary items. The necropolis was discovered in the spring 2009; just today the supervisor of Archaeological Studies, Egle Micheletto, gives the announcement, a few weeks after the conclusion of excavations.
http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/07/25/news/una_necropoli_longobarda_negli_scavi_della_asti-cuneo-19567203/
