ABSTRACT

The Civita plateau, where the Etruscan city of Tarquinia was situated, is hidden from the seashore and the ancient ports by the hill that hosts the necropolis of Monterozzi, where the medieval town of Corneto was erected in the eighth century ad. On the coast, where the salt plants are still visible, halfway between the sea and the Etruscan settlement of Gravisca, there was a sanctuary open to Etruscans and foreigners.