Punta della Vipera Etruscan temple
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42.0463351, 11.8256075
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tempio Etrusco Punta della Vipera (750 BC - 550 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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sanctuary (religious center), temple
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Mario Torelli conducted excavations at the site from 1964 to 1967. The votive deposits from the site are of particular importance. The temple, measuring 7.80 by 11.8 meters, is oriented to the southwest and was sacred to Minerva. The site was abandoned by the first century B.C.
Jeffrey Becker, 'Punta della Vipera Etruscan temple: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/99313926> [accessed: 31 August 2024]
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