Monte Poggiolo is a hill near

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in the

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area that is the site of a Florentine castle. The hill overlooks the Montone River valley from an elevation of . An

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containing

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artifacts is situated nearby.

Florentine castle

The hill's Florentine

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was designed by Giuliano da Maiano and built in 1471. Its plan is rhombic, and it features four towers.

Paleolithic site

Thousands of Paleolithic-era artifacts have been recovered from the nearby area of ''Ca’ Belvedere'' (for ''Casa Belvedere'') and dated to around 850,000 years before the present, making them the oldest evidence of

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habitation in Italy.Muttoni, G. et al., 2011
First dated human occupation of Italy at ~ 0.85 Ma during the late Early Pleistocene climate transition.
''Earth and Planetary Science Letters'', 307(3-4), pp.241-252.

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