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OSM location of Torre di Palidoro

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Representative location based on OpenStreetMap

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Feature type:
fort, tower (deprecated)

Geometry and coordinates (long, lat order):
{ "type": "LineString", "coordinates": [ [ 12.1464439, 41.9151971 ], [ 12.1463455, 41.9152325 ], [ 12.1463942, 41.9153074 ], [ 12.1464926, 41.9152719 ], [ 12.1464439, 41.9151971 ] ] }

Archaeological remains:
Substantive

Association certainty:
Certain

Positional Accuracy Assessment:
Generic OSM Accuracy Assessment

Location type:
representative

Temporal attestations:

Mediaeval/Byzantine (AD 641-AD 1453) (confident)

References:

Data Source:

OSM Way 453253346

Initial Provenance:
OpenStreetMap (Way 453253346, version 2, osm:changeset=51779801, 2017-09-06T12:16:11Z)

Details:

A square defensive tower that stands about 20 meters high that dates to the period of the Saracen invasions of Italy and is built atop the remains of a Roman villa. The tower was one of a group of defensive coastal towers built in the eighth and ninth centuries. It was restored in 1562.

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OSM location of Torre di Palidoro