Historical place profile
Civita d'Arlena
Civita d'Arlena (also known as Civita del Fosso di Arlena) is an archaeological site that occupies a hilltop near Lake Bolsena. It was the site of Etruscan occupation until the third century BCE. Excavations carried out by the École française de Rome (1952 to 1958) revealed parts of a fortification wall and a sacred building, along with evidence for a city plan.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:636252147
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:636252147
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.602373, 12.008913
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Civita d'Arlena (also known as Civita del Fosso di Arlena) is an archaeological site that occupies a hilltop near Lake Bolsena. It was the site of Etruscan occupation until the third century BCE. Excavations carried out by the École française de Rome (1952 to 1958) revealed parts of a fortification wall and a sacred building, along with evidence for a city plan.
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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