Isidoro Falchi ( Montopoli in Val d'Arno, 26 April 1838 –

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, 30 April 1914) was an Italian medical doctor and self-taught

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. He is notable for his discovery of the

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remains at

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and the

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es at

Populonia Populonia or Populonia Alta ( Etruscan: ''Pupluna'', ''Pufluna'' or ''Fufluna'', all pronounced ''Fufluna''; Latin: ''Populonium'', ''Populonia'', or ''Populonii'') today is a of the ''comune'' of Piombino (Tuscany, central Italy). As of 2009 its ...

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* "Falchi, Isidoro" in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 44, Roma 1994.

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