Lanuvium
Sign in to saveLanuvium, modern Lanuvio, is an ancient city of Latium vetus, some southeast of Rome, a little southwest of the Via Appia.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Lanuvium
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Lanuvio
- Ancient site.image
- Map of comune of Lanuvio (province of Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
- Ancient site.caption
- Map of comune of Lanuvio within Lazio
- Ancient site.location
- Comune di Lanuvio
- Ancient site.region
- Lazio
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman Republic Roman Empire
- Ancient site.cultures
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient site.public_access
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Lanuvio
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- The portico of the Sanctuary of Juno Sospita at Lanuvium, Lanuvio, Italy (14738079961).jpg
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- Commons category
- Lanuvium
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- replaced by
- Lanuvio
- P8168
- E20
- P12749
- Ludger Mintrop
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Cult of Juno
- Prominent citizens
- Monuments
- Footnotes
- References
Lanuvium, modern Lanuvio, is an ancient city of Latium vetus, some southeast of Rome, a little southwest of the Via Appia.
Situated on an isolated hill projecting south from the main mass of the Alban Hills, Lanuvium commanded an extensive view over the low country between it and the sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lanuvium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
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