Historical place profile
Furfo
A vicus of the Vestini located in the upper Aterno valley in Abruzzo. The ancient settlement was located some 15 km south of modern L'Aquila, in the vicinity of S. Maria di Forfona near Barisciano. Furfo lay on the Via Claudia Nova between Amiternum and Peltuinum.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:413152
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:413152
- Place type
- church-2, settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.301575, 13.563415
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A vicus of the Vestini located in the upper Aterno valley in Abruzzo. The ancient settlement was located some 15 km south of modern L'Aquila, in the vicinity of S. Maria di Forfona near Barisciano. Furfo lay on the Via Claudia Nova between Amiternum and Peltuinum.
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: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 F4 Furfo
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