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Mura dell Arce

a Pleiades place resource

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Last modified Jun 14, 2023 05:14 PM — History

tags: fortification, megalithic, limestone, extant remains

The so-called "Mura dell Arce" of Vetulonia served as the sixth- and fifth-century B.C. fortifications of Etruscan Vetulonia. These are massive walls built in megalithic technique using limestone.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/15230116

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.8590637, 10.9726499

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Mura dell Arce (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Mura dell Arce makes connections with:

Mura dell Arce located at Vatl/Vetulonia (unspecified date range)

Mura dell Arce receives connections from:

None

Place type:
wall (of a city), city wall

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Related:

Wikidata Q3328227: Walls of Vetulonia

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Mura dell Arce: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/15230116> [accessed: 25 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/15230116 |title=Places: 15230116 (Mura dell Arce) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 25, 2024 1:12 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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