The necropolis owes its name to a crucifix engraved in the tuff inside a rock chapel, carved into the rock on which the city stands. The small church that gave the name to the necropolis can also be reached via a pedestrian path that descends from Porta Maggiore.
It is dated to at least the 6th century because of inscriptions found at the site. It was attended from the 8th to the 3rd centuries B.C.. However, its apex of development was in the 6th and 5th centuries. It is to this time that the layout of the necropolis, grouped in blocks, is dated. It consists of over 200 tombs. The burials were fashioned from the local stone-like amalgam called tuff, a mixture of lava and ash. They are of "chamber" type, mostly arranged in a network of sepulchral streets, forming an orthogonal system.
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