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Vetulonia

Vetulonia

Vetulonia, formerly called Vetulonium (Etruscan: Vatluna), was an ancient city of Etruria, Italy, the site of which is partially occupied by the modern village of Vetulonia, which up to 1887 bore the name of Colonnata and Colonna di Buriano: the site is currently a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia (province of Grosseto) with some 400 inhabitants.

It lies 300m above sea level, about ten miles directly northwest of Grosseto, on the northeast side of the hills which project from the flat Maremma and form the promontory of Castiglione.

The archaeological park contains remains of the Etruscan city.