Historical place profile
Vitozza
Vitozza is an ancient settlement located near the village of San Quirico. Its rock-cut habitations were in use by the Etruscans and Romans and again during the medieval period, continuing up to the eighteenth century. Over 200 caves (columbaria) have been cut in the local tufo bedrock.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:685301277
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:685301277
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.683078, 11.750637
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Vitozza is an ancient settlement located near the village of San Quirico. Its rock-cut habitations were in use by the Etruscans and Romans and again during the medieval period, continuing up to the eighteenth century. Over 200 caves (columbaria) have been cut in the local tufo bedrock.
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: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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