Etruscan Red Figure skyphos with nude male figure between palmettes, in Civitavecchia · Flickr / diffendale
Etruscan Black Pattern oinochoe in Civitavecchia · Flickr / diffendale
Fragments of an Athenian Black Figure little master cup (kylix) signed by Exekias as potter · Flickr / diffendale
Athenian Black Figure little master band cup (kylix) signed by Hischylos as potter, 1 · Flickr / diffendale
Athenian Black Figure little master band cup (kylix) signed by Hischylos as potter, 2 · Flickr / diffendale
Athenian Black Figure little master lip cup (kylix) with a satyr pursuing a maenad · Flickr / diffendale
Athenian Black Figure eye-cup with running ithyphallic satyr · Flickr / diffendale
Athenian Black Figure eye-cup in Civitavecchia · Flickr / diffendale
Athenian Black Figure Type B belly amphora with departure of a warrior, 1 · Flickr / diffendale
Athenian Black Figure Type B belly amphora with departure of a warrior, 2 · Flickr / diffendale
Villanovan hut urn from Tarquinia · Flickr / diffendale
Villanovan hut urn from Tarquinia · Flickr / diffendale
Villanovan hut urn from Tarquinia · Flickr / diffendale
Fragment of fresco with female figure (with frame drum?) from Aquae Tauri · Flickr / diffendale
Decorated stucco fragments with low relief representing a victimarius leading a sacrificial bull, from Aquae Tauri · Flickr / diffendale
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Stone at beach, Civitavecchia · Flickr / Dennis Henge
Fishing nett, Civitavecchia · Flickr / Dennis Henge
Fortezza Michelangelo, Civitavecchia · Flickr / Dennis Henge
Cattedrale di S. Francesco d’Assisi, Civitavecchia · Flickr / Dennis Henge
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Civitavecchia is a city and comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 60 kilometres west-north-west of Rome. The harbour is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which stands a lighthouse. Civitavecchia had a population of around 53,000 as of 2015.

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