The site of Castelvecchio di San Gimignano likely had sacred significance in the first millennium BCE. The area was occupied in the late sixth to early seventh centuries CE, as it provided a location to control movement between southern Tuscany and Piedmont. The site was fortified in the twelfth century.
Description via Pleiades. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.
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