Castelvecchio di San Gimignano
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).
Last modified
Jul 13, 2022 05:50 PM
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History
The site of Castelvecchio di San Gimignano likely had sacred significance in the first millennium BCE. The area was occupied in the late sixth to early seventh centuries CE as it provided a location to control movement between southern Tuscany and Piedmont. The site was fortified in the twelfth century.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/685284436
43.4328674046, 11.0049994244
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Area archeologica di Castelvecchio (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Castelvecchio di San Gimignano (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Castelvecchio (San Gimignano) (Italian, unspecified date range)
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castle, settlement, archaeological site
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Castelvecchio di San Gimignano: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/685284436> [accessed: 13 May 2024]
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