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| | Archaeologia: Orvieto |
 | | Urbs Vetus), that the Etruscan city was the Volsinii of which the ancient sources speak, conquered and destroyed by Roman troops in 265 BCE and then reconstructed not far away. |
 | | In the centre of the necropolis, traces of a higher, square blocked construction have been discovered, the purpose of which we are uncertain of. |
 | | The temple is built on a large base, approached by a stairway, and it is on of the canonic Etruscan type with three chambers and a colonnade at the front. |
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