Identifier: citiescemeterie02denn (find matches)
Title: The cities and cemeteries of Etruria
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Dennis, George, 1814-1898
Subjects: Tombs
Publisher: London Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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being called indifferently Soana or Sovana.7 The 4 Repetti, v. Soana. are only suspected of, not infected by,. 5 It would be interesting to trace the malaria. cause of its unhcalthiness. It cannot be 6 Plin., III. 8 ; Ttol. Geog. p. 72, ed. entirely owing to its situation in the Bert. plain, for it, is raised about 960 feet above 7 Repetti always speaks of it as Soana ; the level of the sea ; and other sites on but in the country it is generally called much lower ground, and nearer the sea, Sovanaâwhich is more consistent with the CHAP. XXXIV.) A CITY OE THE PLAGUE. only historical interest it possesses lies in its being the birth-place of Hildebrand, Gregory VII., the great ecclesiasticalreformer of the eleventh century, the founder of the Papalsupremacy over all secular power. Of Roman remains Iobserved only three cippi in the Piazza, with inscriptions of nointerest. Below the Duomo, on the descent to the western gate,are portions of the ancient wall, of tufo and emplecton, as at
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(J. Dennis- BOUGH TLAN OF SOVANA AND ITS NECROPOLIS. A. Castle. K. Bridge. B. Cathedral. L. Madonna del Sebastiano. C Piazza. M. Ancient road cut through the rock D.D.Gates. N. Grotta Pola. E. Columbarium in the cliff. P. Bridge. F. Tomb with ribbed ceiling. Q. Tomb with Typhons head. G.G. Ancient roads. K. House-like tombs. H. Columbarium. S. Polyandrium. I. Tomb called La Fontana. T. Fontana del Pischero. Sutri and Falleri. The Etruscan town must have been of verysmall size, little more than a mile in circumference. Yet themultitude and character of its sepulchres seem to indicate con-siderable importance, though this test is often fallacious. Suanacan never have been of much weight in the Etruscan State ; andmust have been dependent on some larger city, probably onVolsmii. Italian mode of corrupting Latin names,as exemplified in Mantova, Padova, Genova âand with the vulgar tendency to insert v,âPavolo for Paolo. 6 SOY ANA. (chap, xxxiv Should any one be tempted to follow me to

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