Florentines of almost any station would have perceived the above elements, paramount among them the identification of the scene with the cemetery or ossuary.
These ossuary remains were associated with a large number of offerings of exceptional quality and quantity, set symbolically on the floor.
In eight ossuaries, around the base of the lantern tower, are the remains of 22,970 unidentified soldiers.
There is an ossuary and many ceramic objects, some with excellent hand craft.
The site also contains five ossuaries, plus an infant burial and additional remains collected from the surface.
An estimated 41 skeletons were in this ossuary and the bones were poorly preserved.
One very ornate ossuary contained the bones of two infants, two teenage boys, an adult woman and a man of about 60.
The bones in the ossuary were of an elderly man.
