CORNETO TARQUINIA (anc. See also:

• TARQUINII (mod. Corneto Tarquinia, q.v.)

Tarquinii)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, 62 m . N.W. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from the town of Rome, 490 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Pop . (1901) 5273 . Corneto probably arose after the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient town had been destroyed by the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens . In the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it began to acquire importance, and for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time was an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune . It is picturesquely situated, and commands a See also:

• FINE

fine view . It possesses See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval fortifications, and no less than twenty-five towers are still See also:

• STANDING

standing in various parts of the town, which thus has a remarkably medieval See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . The See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle on the N. contains the Romanesque See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of S . Maria in See also:

• CASTELLO, BERNARDO (1557—1629)
• CASTELLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1500 ?–1569 ?)
• CASTELLO, VALERIO (1625-1659)

Castello, begun in 1121, with a fine portal of 1143, a See also:

• CIBORIUM

ciborium of 1168 and a See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit of 1209, both in " cosmatesque " See also:

• WORK

work: the' See also:

• PAVEMENT (Lat. pavimentu;n, a floor beaten or rammed hard, from pavire, to beat)

pavement in See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic also is fine . There are several other Romanesque and See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic churches in the town more or less restored . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest parts of the Palazzo Comunale date from about Imo .

The Gothic Palazzo Vitelleschi (1439) contains remarkably See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich windows . The municipal museum (which is to be transferred to this See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace) and the Palazzo Bruschi, contain fine collections of See also:

• ETRUSCAN

Etruscan antiquities from the tombs of See also:

• TARQUINII (mod. Corneto Tarquinia, q.v.)

Tarquinii . Four See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles to the S.W. is the See also:

• PORTO

Porto Clementino (perhaps the ancient Graviscae, the See also:

• PORT

port of Tarquinii), with See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government saltworks, in which convicts are employed . ' See L . Dasti, Notizie storiche archeologiche di Tarquinia e Corneto (Rome, 1878) ; for the cemeteries, Notizie degli Scavi, 1906, 1907 .