\f1 \fs22 The oldest dwellings consisted of huts of a circular or elliptical shape. We know this from the discovery
of holes for the posts of their wooden framework and from the form of the cinerary urns of the Villanova era. Later these were replaced by houses on a rectangular plan with a single room and a saddle roof. At a very early stage in history these develope
d more complicated forms with several rooms and an external portico. \par
