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Pyrgi
42.0152° N, 11.9634° E
About
Pyrgi (Pyrgus in Etruscan) was originally an ancient Etruscan town and port in Latium, central Italy, to the north-west of Caere. Its location is now occupied by the borough of Santa Severa. It is notable for the discovery here of the gold tablets, an exceptional epigraphic document with rare texts in Phoenician and Etruscan languages, and also the exceptional terracotta pediment statues from the temple.
Historical Timeline
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Foundation
end of 7th century BCE
Temple B commissioned
c. 510 BCE
Defeat at Cumae
474 BCE
Dionysius raid
384 BCE
Roman colonia established
c. 273 BCE
Site status in Late Antiquity
416 CE
Temple A construction
c. 470–460 BCE
Sacellum Beta construction
c. 530–520 BCE
Excavations begin
1957 CE
Southern sanctuary discovered
1983 CE
Ceremonial buildings block found
2009 CE
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