PIEVE A SOCANA

PIEVE A SOCANA
   Here are the remains of an Etruscan temple in the lower Casentino Valley, with altar, architectural terracottas, and buccheroid pottery. The site has been given much weight because it is a rare case of structural features in a rural setting within North Etruria.

Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. .

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