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Here you are some etruscan guided
itineraries at only few km faraway from Rome for better getting in touch
with the fascinating and remote world of Etruscan
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Cerveteri
As the ancient Caere it was
one of the most important Etruscan cities founded in the 8th
century B.C.. For the following two centuries was powerful and
rich - due to its strategic location and two ports Alsium (now
Ladispoli) and Pyrgi (now S.Severa) - and began its
decline in the 4th century B.C.. Its interesting Necropolis
(1 km from the town),one of the world's most important
discoveries, yielding precious ceramics, gold items and other
objects, are now primarly on exhibit in Rome at the Museo
Nazionale di Villa Giulia and the Vatican's Museo Etrusco
Gregoriano, although some items are housed in Cerveteri's Museo
Nazionale Cerite. The cone-shaped mounds date from the 8th to
1rst centuries B.C., considered the most important among the
numerous tombs is the Tomba dei Rilievi. The present town
includes a medieval quarter, with the 16th century Palazzo
Ruspoli (not open to the public) and ruins of Etruscan and
medieval walls. Extending behind the modern Church of S. Maria
Maggiore is the old church in Romanesque style, Chiesa Vecchia.
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Santa Severa
A hamlet which is part of the city
council of Santa Marinella, this small village is on the site of
the ancient and important Etruscan port of Pyrgi which
reached the height of its existence from the 7th to 6th
centuries B.C. and famous for its temple to Juno Leucothea. The
imposing Castle of Santa Severa (11th century, redone in the
17th) encloses a small village within its walls; inside is the
Antiquarium exhibiting interesting archaeological discoveries,
and the Museo Civico
You can choose one or both localities for your
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Allumiere
Its name derives from the alum
mines discovered in the area in the 15th century; interesting
museum with relics of the Etruscan and Villanovan periods (the
latter an Iron Age culture in Italy), located in the 16th century
Palazzo Camerale; beautiful views towards the sea; nearby are the
Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie and the Monastery of the
Trinity where St. Augustine wrote his Rule.
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Tolfa
Situated at 470 mt on the
mountain of the same name, with plenty of fresh air. Its history
dates from the 13th century, but it may go back to the Etruscan
period, as ruins nearby of a necropolis and abandoned mines
indicate. Worthy of note: ruins of the fortress, Rocca dei
Frangipane, from here there is a magnificent panorama; Church
of Sughera and the Etruscan-Roman Museum housed in Palazzo
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Capena
Its inhabitants in ancient times
were dominated by the Etruscans; objects found in several
necropolies are now in the Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome;
tombs date from the 8th to the 3rd centuries B.C.; ruins of
an acropolis are near the Castellaccio. Nearby are the ruins of Lucus
Feroniae already a fluorishing city during the 6th and 5th
centuries B.C. and with a temple dedicated to the Goddess Feronia.
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Veio
Ruins of the Etruscan city,
which flourished from the 8th to 6th centuries B.C.; was conquered
by the Romans in 396 B.C. after a 10-year struggle and disappeared
after the 2nd century A.D.. The remains include a pool, the
foundations of the Temple of Apollo ( the famous Apollo di
Veio now in the Villa Giulia Museum in Rome was found here), the
Tomba Campana with frescoes, the Ponte Sodo a watercourse created
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