ETRUSCHI

From Civitavecchia Port or Roma (4hours or 8 hours tour)

 A mysterious, ancient and powerful people coming from Asia, settled between Lazio and Tuscany, made important discoveries in medicine, war technology, architecture, with a deep feeling of death, religion, future and superstition. This advanced civility left us the heritage of big necropolises, paintings, sculptures which can be admired in magnificent medieval cities around Rome.   

TARQUINIA:The modern-day town of Tarquinia, rich in medieval monuments, is in the northern part of Lazio. One of the largest collections of Etruscan archaeological finds belongs to the National Museum. Guided tours of the painted tombs in the necropolises near the town also leave from the museum.

CERVETERI: The modern-day city of Cerveteri which stands on the same site as the ancient Etruscan city of Caere lies some twenty-five miles north-west of Rome and close to the Tyrrhenian coast. Of great interest however is the National Museum which contains archaeological finds of great historic and artistic value, discovered in the exceptional necropolises of the surrounding area.

VULCI: The Etruscan city of Vulci lies on the border between Lazio and Tuscany. It stood close to the sea on the right bank of the river Fiora, on a plateau of volcanic origin, in an area which is today uninhabited. On the site of the ancient city, it is possible to see the remains of a villa dating from the 1st century BC.