Visentium, Archaeological site near Lake Bolsena, Italy.
Visentium is an archaeological site on Monte Bisenzio, a hill on the southwest shore of Lake Bolsena. The site spreads across multiple burial grounds scattered to the southeast, west, and northwest of the hilltop.
The settlement was inhabited over several centuries, revealing how communities lived by the lake from the 10th to the 5th century BC. Excavations in the 1880s uncovered extensive burial fields that document the continuity of settlement in this place.
The people here buried their dead with care, leaving behind pottery, jewelry, and tools that reveal how they lived and worked. These objects show their craftsmanship and how they traded or communicated with other communities around the lake.
The site spreads across open terrain with gentle and steep slopes, which means visiting different burial grounds requires varied movement and planning. Start your exploration from Monte Bisenzio and then make your way to the scattered burial grounds to get a sense of the full settlement.
The finds reveal how water levels and climate shifted over the centuries, forcing people to adapt their settlements accordingly. These environmental changes are visible in the archaeological layers and help us understand how early communities responded to natural shifts.
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