Cerveteri
Cerveteri | |
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| Comune di Cerveteri | |
  Cerveteri Location o Cerveteri in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 42°00′N 12°06′E / 42.000°N 12.100°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Roum |
| Frazioni | Sasso, Ceri, Valcanneto, Marina di Cerveteri, Cerenova, Campo di mare, San Martino, I Terzi, Due Casette |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Alessio Pascucci |
| Area | |
| • Total | 134.43 km2 (51.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
| Population (30 Apryle 2009) | |
| • Total | 35,517 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Cerveterani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00052 |
| Diallin code | 06 |
| Patron saunt | St. Michael |
| Saunt day | May 8 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Cerveteri [tʃerˈvɛːteri] is a toun an comune o the northren Lazio, in the province o Roum. Oreeginally kent as Caere (an aw Caisra an Cisra in Etruscan, Agylla, Άγυλλα in Greek), it is famous for a nummer o Etruscan necropolises.
Cerveteri is believit tae be ane o the ceety-states o the Etruscan League an at its hicht in aroond 600 BC the size o the ceety wur aiblins aroond 25.000 fowk.[1][2]
Twin ceeties
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See also
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References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ Pounds, N.J.G. (1976). An Historical Geography of Europe 450 B.C.-A.D. 1330. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521291262.
- ↑ Museo nazionale di Villa Giulia; Moretti, A.M.S.; Italy. Soprintendenza archeologica per l'Etruria meridionale (2001). The Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum: Short Guide. L'Erma di Bretschneider. ISBN 9788882650124.