Populonia is a fraction of the municipality of Piombino in the province of Livorno and was in ancient times one of the largest and most important Etruscan and Roman cities.
Populonia was an ancient Etruscan settlement, named Fufluna (from Fufluns, Etruscan god of wine and intoxication) or Pupluna, the only Etruscan city built along the coast. It was one of the twelve cities of the Etruscan Dodecapolis, the main city-states that were part of Etruria, governed by a lucumone.
The acropolis of the historic city corresponds to today's Poggio del Castello and Poggio del Telegrafo, located at the south-western end of the Gulf of Baratti.
Already in the Archaic period, probably, the inhabited area also extended to the neighboring hills and the area of the gulf, where, in addition to the main necropolis of the city, the industrial district is also located.
Together with Volterra it was one of the major centers of mining and metallurgical industry of the Etruscans.
Populonia
Address: Via Ferruccio, 4, 57025
Phone: 0565 63111
Site:
https://www.comune.piombino.li.it/archivio3_galleria-immagini_1_334.htmlLocation inserted by
comitatobaratticornia