Historical place profile

Tarchna/Tarquinii

An ancient city of Etruria and the leading city of the doudecim populi Etruriae, Tarquinia (called Tarch(u)na or Tarchna in Etruscan) was a major urban center of ancient Italy.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:413332
Catalogue ID
pleiades:413332
Place type
cultural-landscape, settlement
Coordinates
42.257254, 11.791454
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient city of Etruria and the leading city of the doudecim populi Etruriae, Tarquinia (called Tarch(u)na or Tarchna in Etruscan) was a major urban center of ancient Italy.

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 B4 Tarchna/Tarquinii

Source and reuse

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Research path

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