Historical place profile
Cencelle
A Medieval settlement that, according to textual sources, was founded in 854 by Pope Leo IV to provide a more secure position for the citizens of Centumcellae (Civitavecchia). Situated along the ancient Via Aurelia, Cencelle occupies a defensible hill positioned between the Melledra and Mignone rivers. The site chosen for the Medieval city likely occupies the former site of an Etruscan oppidum.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:952765524
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:952765524
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.195268, 11.858108
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A Medieval settlement that, according to textual sources, was founded in 854 by Pope Leo IV to provide a more secure position for the citizens of Centumcellae (Civitavecchia). Situated along the ancient Via Aurelia, Cencelle occupies a defensible hill positioned between the Melledra and Mignone rivers. The site chosen for the Medieval city likely occupies the former site of an Etruscan oppidum.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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