Cetona

a Pleiades place resource

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The present town of Cetona grew around the rocca (fortress) of the tenth century A.D., although occupation at the site reaches back to the Paleolithic when a number of caves show evidence for human activity. There are also indications of an Etruscan phase of occupation.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/232079422

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.9647394, 11.9004107

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Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Cetona (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Cetona (Italian, modern)

Cetona makes connections with:

None

Cetona receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Cetona: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/232079422> [accessed: 17 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/232079422 |title=Places: 232079422 (Cetona) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 17, 2025 10:43 am |publisher=Pleiades}}