Vetralla is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, in central Italy, 11 kilometres south of that city, located on a shoulder of Monte Fogliano…Vetralla is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, in central Italy, 11 kilometres south of that city, located on a shoulder of Monte Fogliano. Vetralla's dominating fortified position in the heart of Etruscan territories has been continuously occupied since the Early Middle Ages. The Roman site, two kilometers distant, was a posting station on the Via Cassia; some ruins of walls and paving at S. Maria di Forcassi still mark the Roman Forum Cassii. The site was depopulated in the later Empire, when a smaller population retreated to the present strategic position commanding the valley, where it remained exposed to attack, in spite of the imposing walls that encircled it.
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