Monte Bignone
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 23, 2025 03:53 PM
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History
Monte Bignone in Liguria is the site of a 'castellaro', a fortified hilltop settlement of Iron Age Ligurian peoples. The fortification is generally dated to the sixth century BCE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/157886
43.873496088, 7.73388934783
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Castellaro di Monte Bignone (750 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Monte Bignone (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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settlement (fortified), settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 16 E2 Monte Bignone
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Monte Bignone, ITL
S. Loseby, R. Häussler, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Monte Bignone: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/157886> [accessed: 16 December 2025]
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