Historical place profile

Poggio Civitate (Murlo)

An Etruscan elite complex of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. located at Poggio Civitate, a hill adjacent to the medieval town of Murlo and about 25 km south of Siena.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:413216
Catalogue ID
pleiades:413216
Place type
architecturalcomplex, settlement
Coordinates
43.162267, 11.395331
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An Etruscan elite complex of the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. located at Poggio Civitate, a hill adjacent to the medieval town of Murlo and about 25 km south of Siena.

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 A2 Murlo

Source and reuse

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Research path

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