Necropolis of Madonna d'olivo
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Aug 12, 2025 12:49 PM
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History
An Etruscan necropolis located about 2 km south-west of Tuscania that overlooks the valley of the Marta river. The necropolis takes its name from the adjacent Church of the Madonna dell’Olivo.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/171321862
42.40607605, 11.874001
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Necropoli di Madonna d'olivo (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Madonna d'olivo necropolis (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Necropolis of Madonna d'olivo located at Tuscana (750 BC - 30 BC)
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catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
Pleiades
While the necropolis was in use during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., it is best known for its tombs of the Hellenistic period (fourth to first centuries B.C.
Jeffrey Becker, 'Necropolis of Madonna d'olivo: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/171321862> [accessed: 16 December 2025]
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