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ALSIUM (mod. Palo)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 757 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALSIUM (mod. Palo) , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Etruria, 29 M. W. by N. of See also:Rome by See also:rail, on the Via See also:Aurelia, by which it is about 22 M. from Rome. It was one of the See also:oldest cities of Etruria, but does not appear in See also:history till the See also:Roman colonization of 247 B.c., and was never of See also:great importance, except as a resort of wealthy See also:Romans, many of whom (See also:Pompey, the Antonine emperors) had villas there. About 12 m. N.E. of Palo is a See also:row of large mounds called I Monteroni, which belong to tombs of the See also:Etruscan See also:cemetery. Considerable remains of ancient villas still exist along the See also:low sandy See also:coast, one of which, about 1 m. E. of Palo, occupies an See also:area of some 400 by 250 yds. The See also:medieval See also:castle belongs to the Odescalchi See also:family. Near Palo is the See also:modern See also:sea-bathing resort Ladispoli, founded by See also:Prince Odescalchi. See G. See also:Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, i.

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