Volterra

Volterra

Volterra town (1991 pop. 12,879), Tuscany, central Italy. A powerful Etruscan town, it later (12th-13th cent.) was a free commune and passed to Florence in the 14th cent. Of note are well-preserved Etruscan gates and tombs, medieval walls, a Romanesque cathedral, and the Palazzo dei Priori (13th cent.). The powerful fortress (built 14th-15th cent.) is now a prison. There is an Etruscan museum in the town.

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Volterra

Volterra, Tuscany/Italy Velathri, Volaterrae Volaterrae is the Latin version of the original Etruscan name and the name from which the present one comes. The meaning is ‘High Ground’ from vel ‘high’ and terra ‘ground’.

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