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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Volterra
| official_name       = Città di Volterra
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| image_skyline       = 1 volterra aerial 2024.jpg
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| coordinates         = {{coord|43|24|N|10|52|E|type:city_region:IT-52|display=inline,title}}
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| region              = [[Tuscany]]
| province            = [[Province of Pisa|Pisa]] (PI)
| frazioni            = [[Mazzolla]], [[Montemiccioli]], [[Saline di Volterra]], [[Villamagna, Volterra|Villamagna]]
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Marco Buselli
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| area_total_km2      = 252
| population_footnotes =<ref>Data from [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]]</ref>
| population_total    = 10519
| population_as_of    = 1 January 2016| pop_density_footnotes =
| population_demonym  = Volterrani
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 531
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| saint               = St. Justus and Clement
| day                 = June 5
| postal_code         = 56048
| area_code           = 0588
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.volterra.pi.it}}
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[[File:Aerial panorama of San Gimignano from above. June 2024.jpg|thumb|Aerial panorama of Volterra from above, June 2024]]
[[File:Volterra from above. June 2024.jpg|thumb|Volterra from above, June 2024]]
'''Volterra''' ({{IPA|it|volˈtɛrra}}; [[Latin]]: ''Volaterrae'') is a walled mountaintop town in the [[Tuscany]] region of [[Italy]]. Its history dates from before the 8th century BC and it has substantial structures from the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]], [[Ancient Rome|Roman]], and [[Medieval]] periods.<ref name="CecinaBorgo1758">{{cite book|author1=Lorenzo Aulo Cecina|author2=Flaminio Dal Borgo|title=Notizie istoriche della città di Volterra, alle quali si aggiunge la serie de' podestà, e capitani del popolo di essa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D7hfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA65|year=1758|publisher=Per G. P. Giovannelli|language=it|pages=65–|quote=Luglio furono lette alla presenza degli Anziani, e del Consiglio Generale di Volterra le lettere del Conte Guido da Monfort Vicario del Rè, nelle quali veniva comandato, che il Comune di Volterra pagasse ciò, che doveva alla Regia Camera per ...}}</ref>