Ruscio is a village of east central

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, a small ''

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'' ('Fraction') of Monteleone di Spoleto, located at 42°38N 12°58E in the upper valley of the Corno River at about 900 metres (2953 ft) above sea-level. It is 2 km SE of Monteleone and 11 km (7 mi) N of Leonessa. Its population is estimated at 200. Monteleone di Spoleto is the village where a celebrated Etruscan chariot was found, now in the

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. The village and its immediate vicinity also have several Romanesque churches, some Roman remains, and the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

site, apparently a religious sanctuary, of Forma Cavaliera. File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoMadonnaAddolorata4.jpg, Madonna Addolorata File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoSantAntonioPadova1.jpg, Sant'Antonio da Padova File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoSantaMariaDeEquo9.jpg, Santa Maria de Equo File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoSantaLucia4.jpg, Santa Lucia File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoFonteSantaLucia2.jpg, Fonte Santa Lucia File:RuscioMonteleoneDiSpoletoMonumentoAiCaduti1.jpg, Monumento ai Caduti di Ruscio

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