Historical place profile

S. Buono

A fortified town near Chieti in the Abruzzo, the ancient phases of S. Buono include evidence for an indigenous sacred site of the later first millennium BC. Among the finds are votive objects dedicated to Herakles.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:433083
Catalogue ID
pleiades:433083
Place type
sanctuary, settlement
Coordinates
41.981785, 14.570712
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A fortified town near Chieti in the Abruzzo, the ancient phases of S. Buono include evidence for an indigenous sacred site of the later first millennium BC. Among the finds are votive objects dedicated to Herakles.

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 44 G2 S. Buono

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Research path

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