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Cerveteri

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Cerveteri () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, in the Italian region of Lazio. Known by the ancient Romans as Caere, and previously by the Etruscans as Caisra or Cisra, and as Agylla (or ) by the Greeks, its modern name derives from Caere Vetus (more precisely its locative Caere Veterī) used in the 13th century to distinguish it from Caere Novum (the current town).

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Cerveteri is a town in the Rome area of Italy with a long history, having been an important settlement for the Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans under various names over thousands of years. The town's modern name comes from a medieval Latin term used to distinguish the old settlement from a newer one that developed nearby.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name
Cerveteri
Italian comune.image_skyline
Cerveteri,_necropoli_della_banditaccia,_via_sepolcrale_principale,_01.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption
Banditaccia Necropolis
Italian comune.region
Lazio
Italian comune.metropolitan_city
Rome
Italian comune.mayor
Elena Gubetti
Italian comune.area_total_km2
134.32
Italian comune.population_total
37983
Italian comune.population_as_of
30 November 2017
Italian comune.frazioni
Ceri, Due Casette, Furbara, Borgo San Martino, Sasso, Valcanneto, Casetta Mattei, Cerqueto, Quartaccio, Cerenova, Campo di Mare, I Terzi, San Paolo, Gricciano, Pian della Carlotta, Zambra
Italian comune.elevation_m
81
UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
yes
UNESCO World Heritage Site.official_name
Cerveteri, Etruscan Necropolis of Banditaccia
UNESCO World Heritage Site.part_of
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
(i)(iii)(iv)
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
1158
UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
2004

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Site
  • History
  • Monuments
  • Necropolis of the Banditaccia
  • Other monuments
  • Cerveteri DOC
  • Ancient bishopric
  • Twin cities
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Cerveteri () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, in the Italian region of Lazio. Known by the ancient Romans as Caere, and previously by the Etruscans as Caisra or Cisra, and as Agylla (or ) by the Greeks, its modern name derives from Caere Vetus (more precisely its locative Caere Veterī) used in the 13th century to distinguish it from Caere Novum (the current town).

It is the site of an ancient Etruscan city, one of the most important Etruscan cities, with an area more than 15 times larger than today's town. The best-known structures on the site form the Banditaccia Necropolis, and comprises all of the most important tumulus tombs and chambers known. Cut out of tufa, most of the tombs echo Greek architecture.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cerveteri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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