The ruins of the ancient Roman city Falerii Novi extend along a slope midway between the centres of Fabrica di Roma and Civita Castellana (5.5 km from each place). The ruins are located on the ancient via Amerina and the Purgatorio brook, a tributary of the Treja river, about 60 km from Rome. In the III century B.C.E., the city replaced the Faliscan Falerii Veteres (present-day Civita Castellana). Archaeological excavations have brought to light the inner roads that bordered the insulae or residential areas, forum and theatre.
Falerii Novi had a perimeter of over 2 km and 9 gates, within which were apparently 50 towers. The Jupiter and Bove gates with some of the earliest examples of the use of the arch in Etruria are particularly significant. The most clearly defined building is the large Romanesque Church of Santa Maria di Falleri, whose portal and five apses are particularly striking. The Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia in Rome conserves the artefacts uncovered during the many excavations at Falerii Novi and surroundings, site of multiple necropoleis. These ancient cemeteries were dug out of the tuff rock typical of the Tuscia area which is, after a range of finds, known as the region of the rock necropolis.
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