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museums such as the Vatican
Museums, Villa Giulia and the
British Museum in London,
some can be seen in the small
Museo Nazionale Cerite in the
centre of town.
Environs
There are more traces of the
Etruscans to be seen at Norchia,
where the tombs are carved out
of a rock face, and Sutri, whose
amphitheatre is one of the few
relics of the living Etruscans.
T Necropolis
Etruscan tumulus tombs from the necropolis at Cerveteri Via Necropoli. Tel 06 994 00 01. Open
Tue–Sun. Closed some pub hols. &
6 Tarquinia visited at a time. The frescoes E Museo Nazionale Cerite
that decorate them, designed to Piazza Santa Maria. Tel 06 994 13 54.
Viterbo. * 15,000. V @ n Barriera
di San Giusto (0766 84 92 82). ( Wed. remind the dead of life, range Open Tue–Sun. Closed pub hols. &
from frenetic dancing figures in
Ancient Tarquinia (Tarxuna) was the Tomba delle Leonesse to
one of Etruria’s most important the diners reclining in the
centres. It occupied a strategic Tomba dei Leopardi.
position to the northeast of
the present town, on a ridge E Museo Archeologico e
dominating the coastal plain, Necropoli
until the 4th century BC, when Piazza Cavour. Tel 0766 85 00 80 or
it fell to Rome. 07 66 84 00 00 (necropolis). Open Tue–
Tarquinia itself is worth a wan- Sun. Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec. & 7
der for its crumbling medieval
churches and spacious main 7 Cerveteri
square, though the main reason Roma. * 36,000. V @ n Piazza Ris-
to visit is the Museo Archeo- orgimento 19 (06 99 55 19 71). ( Fri.
logico e Necropoli, which has
one of Italy’s better collections of In the 6th century BC Cerveteri
Etruscan finds. Reclining statues (ancient Kysry) was one of the
of the deceased adorn the largest and most culturally rich
sarcophagi on the ground floor, towns of the Mediterranean, Medieval Anguillara on Lake Bracciano
but the star attraction is a group trading with Greece and
of terracotta winged horses controll ing a large area along 8 Lake Bracciano
dating from the 4th century BC. the coast. The necropolis, a city Roma. V @ Bracciano. n Piazza
On a hilltop 2 km (1 mile) of the dead 2 km (1 mile) Mazzini 5, Bracciano (06 60 65 78 83).
southeast of town are the outside town, is a network of
frescoed tombs of the necro- streets lined with tombs dating Bracciano is a large lake famous
polis dug into the soft volcanic from the 7th to the 1st century for its fish, and popular for water
tufa. There are almost 6,000 BC. Some of the larger tumulus sports and lakeside lunches.
tombs but only about 15 can be tombs, like the Tomba degli Medieval Anguillara, to the
Scudi e delle south, is the prettiest of the
Sedie, are lakeside towns with romantic
arranged like views over the water. The main
houses with town, Bracciano, on the east
rooms, doors and shore, is dominated by
corridors. The Castello Orsini-Odescalchi,
Tomba dei Rilievi a pentagonal 15th-century
is decor ated with structure with frescoes by
plaster reliefs of Antoniazzo Romano and other
tools, pets and Tuscan and Umbrian artists.
mythological
figures. Although + Castello Orsini-Odescalchi
the best finds Piazza Mazzini 14. Tel 06 99 80
Dancers from the 4th-century-BC frescoed Tomba del from the 23 79. Open Tue–Sun.
Triclinio in the Museo Archeologico, Tarquinia necropolis are in Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. & 8
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp573–6 and pp596–600

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