FIORA VALLEY (VAL DI FIORA)
- FIORA VALLEY (VAL DI FIORA)
An important river valley in the territory of Vulci that was densely occupied in the Bronze Age, including the sites of Crostoletto di Lamone, Scarceta, and Sorgenti Della Nova, and contained a number of minor Etruscan settlements in the full Etruscan period including Castro, Pitigliano, Poggio Buco, Sorano, and Sovana.
Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans.
Simon K. F. Stoddart.
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