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Vetulonia
42.8594° N, 10.9711° E
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Vetulonia, formerly called Vetulonium (Etruscan: Vatluna), was an ancient town of Etruria, Italy, the site of which is probably occupied by the modern village of Vetulonia, which up to 1887 bore the name of Colonnata and Colonna di Buriano: the site is currently a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, with some 400 inhabitants. It lies 300m above sea level, about ten miles directly northwest of Grosseto, on the northeast side of the hills which project from the flat Maremma and form the promontory of Castiglione.
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Latin alliance reference
7th century BCE
Etruscan League membership
c. 600 BCE
Roman period decline
Roman Empire
Cyclopean walls constructed
6th–5th century BCE
Acquired by Massa Marittima
1323
Handed over to Siena
1332
Site identification
1881
Isidoro Falchi excavations
1885–1886
Renamed Vetulonia
1887
Tomb discoveries with insignia
1898
Museum opened
2000
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