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Polygonal wall of Roman castrum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 30, 2019 05:11 PM — History

tags: polygonal masonry

The polygonal masonry wall of the Roman castrum at Pyrgi encloses an area of ca. 5.7 ha.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/744180486

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.0170941675, 11.959111598

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Mura Poligonali del Castrum Pyrgi (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Polygonal wall of Roman castrum located at Roman castrum at Pyrgi (unspecified date range)

Polygonal wall of Roman castrum receives connections from:

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Place type:
wall (of a city), city wall

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Polygonal wall of Roman castrum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/744180486> [accessed: 19 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/744180486 |title=Places: 744180486 (Polygonal wall of Roman castrum) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 19, 2025 2:43 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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