Historical place profile
Sibrium
The Roman fort of Sibrium, known today as Castelseprio or Castel Seprio, became a significant Lombard town of the early Middle Ages. It was destroyed and abandoned in 1287. In 2011, the site, including the church of Santa Maria 'foris portas', the castrum and its Torba Tower, was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:383780
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:383780
- Place type
- fort, settlement
- Coordinates
- 45.728821, 8.859060
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The Roman fort of Sibrium, known today as Castelseprio or Castel Seprio, became a significant Lombard town of the early Middle Ages. It was destroyed and abandoned in 1287. In 2011, the site, including the church of Santa Maria 'foris portas', the castrum and its Torba Tower, was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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 39 D2 Sibrium
Source and reuse
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Research path
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