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Cencelle

a Pleiades place resource

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A Medieval settlement that, according to textual sources, was founded in 854 by Pope Leo IV in order to provide a more secure position for the citizens of Centumcellae (Civitavecchia). Situated along the ancient VIa Aurelia, Cencelle occupies a defensible hill positioned between the Melledra and Mignone rivers. The site chosen for the Medieval city likely occupies the former site of an Etruscan oppidum.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952765524

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
42.1952681266, 11.8581077466

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Cencelle (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Cencelle (Italian, modern)
- Lepoli-Cencelle (Italian, modern)

Cencelle makes connections with:

Cencelle succeeds Centum Cellae (AD 640 - AD 1453)

Cencelle receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Cencelle: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952765524> [accessed: 07 October 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952765524 |title=Places: 952765524 (Cencelle) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 7, 2024 6:48 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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