Acquarossa, Italy

Acquarossa
Architectural terracotta from Acquarossa
Shown within Lazio
LocationComune di Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
RegionLazio
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsArchaic
CulturesEtruscan
Site notes
Excavation dates1960s-1970s
ArchaeologistsIstituto Svedese di Studi Classici a Roma
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Acquarossa or Fosso Acqua Rossa is the modern name of the location of an ancient Etruscan settlement abandoned or destroyed in the second half of the sixth century BC. Located near Viterbo, in Etruria, was excavated by the Swedish Institute at Rome in the 1960s and 1970s. An elite complex similar to the Regia in Rome was excavated at the site.