Fanum Voltumnae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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May 01, 2023 04:21 PM
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History
A shrine of Voltumna that served as the chief religious center of Etruria. The Etruscan League (duodecim populi Etruriae) was said to meet annually at the shrine. Archaeological excavations of the site of Campo della Fiera have been posited as the definitive location of the Fanum Voltumnae.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/416806
42.7123803607, 12.0961134917
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Campo della Fiera (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- fanum Uoltumnae (Fanum Voltumnae: Latin, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Fanum Voltumnae connection Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 42 Fanum Voltumnae
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: chief religious center of Etruria
W.V. Harris, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Fanum Voltumnae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/416806> [accessed: 02 February 2025]
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