Vetulonia

Vetulonia
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Vetulonia is located in Italy
Vetulonia
Vetulonia
Location of Vetulonia in Italy
Coordinates: 42°51′34″N 10°58′16″E / 42.85944°N 10.97111°E / 42.85944; 10.97111
CountryItaly
Region Tuscany
ProvinceGrosseto (GR)
ComuneCastiglione della Pescaia
Elevation
335 m (1,099 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
254
DemonymVetuloniesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
58043
Dialing code(+39) 0564

Vetulonia, formerly called Vetulonium (Etruscan: Vatluna), was an ancient town of Etruria, Italy, the site of which is probably 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, 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.