Grotta Oscura

quarry · 330 BC – 2100 AD

The quarries at Grotta Oscura were an important source of high-quality tuff located in the territory of Veii. This was the "tuffo giallo della via Tiberina" that was used at Rome from the Archaic period onward.

Coordinates

42.03387, 12.50351

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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