Historical place profile
Monte Raffe di Mussomeli
This hill, in the modern Sicilian province of Caltanissetta, was the site of a human settlement from the early Iron Age through the medieval period. It became fortified possibly as early as the late archaic period. The Castello di Mussomeli (Castello Manfredonico) was erected on the site in the 14th century CE.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:462360
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:462360
- Place type
- hill, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.577790, 13.771200
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
This hill, in the modern Sicilian province of Caltanissetta, was the site of a human settlement from the early Iron Age through the medieval period. It became fortified possibly as early as the late archaic period. The Castello di Mussomeli (Castello Manfredonico) was erected on the site in the 14th century CE.
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 47 D3 Monte Raffe di Mussomeli
Source and reuse
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Research path
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