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Norchia (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 20 20 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.3380 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 56 45 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.9450 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient site that was inhabited in the Bronze Age; later grew as an Etruscan city with an adjacent necropolis located in cliffs at the confluence of 3 streams; is especially famed for old Etruscan & Hellenistic tomb facades. Was later inhabited in medieval times, but abandoned in the 14th century. |
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Lazio (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Norchia (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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in use by Etruscan times |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| necropolis (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Vetralla .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Lazio, Viterbo province) [7006803] |
| possibly identified as .... |
Orclae .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Lazio, Viterbo province) [7594278] |
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