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See also:BLERA (mod. Bieda) , an See also:ancient See also:Etruscan See also:town on the Via See also:Clodia, about 32 M . N.N.W. of See also:Rome . It was of little importance, and is only mentioned by geographers and, in See also:inscriptions . It is situated on a See also:long, narrow See also:tongue of See also:rock at the junction of two deep glens . Some remains of the town walls still exist, and also two- ancient See also:bridges, both belonging to the Via Clodia, and many tombs hewn in the rock—small See also:chambers imitating the architectural forms of houses, with beams and rafters represented in See also:relief . See G, See also:Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of See also:Etruria, i . 207 . There was another See also:Blera in See also:Apulia, on the road from See also:Venusia to See also:Tarentum . |
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