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<< Text Pages >> Necropoli del Crocifisso del Tufo - Rock Cut Tomb in Italy in Umbria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 09 February 2008  Page Views: 4131

Multi-periodSite Name: Necropoli del Crocifisso del Tufo Alternative Name: Orvieto tombs
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 9.776 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Umbria Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Perugia  Nearest Village: Orvieto
Latitude: 42.721133N  Longitude: 12.106161E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Rock Cut Tombs in Umbria

Etruscan tombs north of fortified town dating back to Villanova culture around 11th century BCE.
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Re: Necropoli del Crocifisso del Tufo by Anonymous on Wednesday, 02 November 2016
This place is in Umbria, not Toscana. [corrected, thanks]
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