Populonia
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![Detail of the fortress of Populonia.](/Images/godic/202502/03/Populonia_Fortezza_dettaglio3217.JPG")
![The Tomb of the Bronze Statuette of the Offering Bearer in the San Cerbone necropolis at Casone Farm. The tomb and the entire area around it was once deep under slag. The date of the tomb is estimated at 530-500 BC.[2]](/Images/godic/202502/03/Populonia_Necropoli_di_San_Cerbone_Tomba3218.jpg")
Populonia or Populonia Alta (Etruscan: Pupluna, Pufluna or Fufluna, all pronounced Fufluna; Latin: Populonium, Populonia, or Populonii) today is a frazione of the comune of Piombino (Tuscany, central Italy). As of 2009 its population was 17. Populonia is especially noteworthy for its Etruscan remains, including one of the main necropolis in Italy, discovered by Isidoro Falchi.