CHIUSI (anc.

See also:

• CLUSIUM (mod. Chiusi, q.v.)

Clusium)  , a town of Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Siena, 55 M . S.E. by rail from the town of Siena, and 26 m . N.N.W. of Orvieto . Pop . (1901) 6o1 I . It is situated on a hill 1305 ft. above sea-level, and is surrounded by medieval walls, in which, in places, fragments of the Etruscan wall are incorporated . The cathedral of S . Mustiola is a basilica with a nave and two aisles, with eighteen columns of different kinds of marble, from ancient buildings . It has been restored and decorated with frescoes in modern times . The campanile belongs to the 13th century . The place was devastated by malaria in the middle ages, and did not recever until the Chiana.valley was drained in the 18th century . For the catacombs see CLUSIunz .