, June 10, 1946; died Fiesole

Fiesole

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, Italy, March 30, 2007) was a pioneering Italian archaeologist and expert on Medieval Italy.

Francovich was a professor of Medieval archaeology first at the University of Florence

University of Florence

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 and, then, from 1986 until his untimely death in 2007, at the University of Siena

University of Siena

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. Many would consider him one of the most influential and important archaeologists of Medieval Italy.

He died in a fall from a height in the forest of Montececeri, near Fiesole.

Works

• Riccardo Francovich, Daniele Manacorda, Dizionario di Archeologia, Editori Laterza, 2004.

Sources

• Full bibliography [linkto:http://www.archeo.unisi.it/francovich.html]
• http://archeologiamedievale.unisi.it/NewPages/DOTT/riccardo1.html
• News coverage of Francovich's death: Corriere della Sera for 31 March 2007