The find was announced by lead archaeologist Sara Bini to Il Gazzettino di Venezia newspaper Tuesday.
The dig, ordered by the superintendency to fix the floor stones that have been abraded by floodwater, has uncovered seven skeletons in a common grave dating back to the late Middel Ages.
The grave is on the site of the once-beautiful San Geminiano Church, the church of the Doges, which was eventually razed by Napoleon.
The skeletons, which include that of a child aged about eight, a woman and five adult males, constitute a major find, Bini said.
“It’s a very important discovery,” she explained.
“We can hypothesise that this tomb housed high-ranking persons.
“We imagine that they were significant people, seeing that it was not a simple ditch but a brick tomb with a certain monumentality considering the era.”
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