This collection gathers sites and events linked to Etruscan civilization, including necropolises, settlements, and finds displayed in museums. It is useful for readers interested in the pre-Roman origins of the region who want to connect archaeological evidence with later history.
Places: Etruscans (24)
Banditaccia Necropolis – Ancient Caere: Etruscan Necropolis of CerveteriThe “Banditaccia Necropolis” in Cerveteri is the main burial area of the ancient Etruscan city of Caere (400 hectares) and one of the most evocativ…
Barbarano Romano (VT)You reach Barbarano Romano (VT) by car along Via Cassia and then on the provincial roads of the lower Tuscia, or by Cotral buses, which connect the…
CaninoCanino is a comune in the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio Maremma, and the town can be walked freely, with no tickets and no reservation. The tow…
Castel d’AssoCastel d’Asso is the easiest Etruscan rock-cut necropolis to reach in the whole Tuscia: nine kilometers from Viterbo, a paved road up to a dirt par…
Cerveteri (RM)Cerveteri is a little over half an hour from Rome by car: 42 kilometers along the Aurelia or the Rome-Civitavecchia highway, exit Cerveteri-Ladispo…
Grotte di Castro (VT)Grotte di Castro is a town of about 2,400 residents in the province of Viterbo, 467 meters above sea level on the northern rim of the Vulsini calde…
Marturanum Park Nature Museum “Francesco Spallone”Marturanum Park Nature Museum Francesco Spallone - Viale IV Novembre, 46/48, 01010 Barbarano Romano VT, Italy
Montalto di Castro (VT)Montalto di Castro, about an hour and a half from Rome, is a small municipality with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a jewel of the Tuscia in Lazio,…
Monterozzi Necropolis of TarquiniaThe Monterozzi Necropolis is the place where you can see the most important ancient painting of the western Mediterranean, and almost nobody in Rom…
Museum of Etruscan and Italic AntiquitiesMuseum of Etruscan and Italic Antiquities - Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Roma RM
National Etruscan Museum of Villa GiuliaThe National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia is dedicated to the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations, housed since the early 20th century near Vill…
NorchiaNorchia can be visited freely, on foot, with no ticket and no hours, but in practice you reach it only by car and you walk in a gorge where the pat…
Orvieto (TR)Orvieto, from the Latin urbs vetus ('old city'), is one of the most beautiful cities to visit about an hour and a quarter from Rome's G.R.A.
Pyrgi and the Sanctuary of LeucotheaPyrgi is the archaeological area that extends next to the castle of Santa Severa, on the coast of Santa Marinella, and corresponds to the port of t…
Santa Severa CastleSanta Severa Castle, just over an hour from Rome, is a fascinating 14th century castle in the Santa Severa district of the municipality of Santa Ma…
Tarquinia (VT)Tarquinia is in the Viterbo Province, about 82 kilometers from Rome. You can drive there by following via Aurelia to the junction for the Strada Pr…
Terme di StiglianoTerme di Stigliano is at Via Bagni di Stigliano 2, in Canale Monterano, and in 2026 it is open: it is run by Stigliano Servizi srl as a thermal hot…
Trevignano Romano (RM)The address to start from is Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III, 1, 00069 Trevignano Romano (RM). It's the Town Hall building, and on its ground floor yo…
Tuscania Nature ReserveAt Tuscania, the course of the Tiber and the Tyrrhenian Sea marked, until the Roman conquest, the natural borders of Etruria, the land of the ancie…
Veio ParkVeio Park - Via del Sorbo, 30, 00060 Formello RM, Italy
Via FrancigenaVia Francigena, also called Francisca or Romea, was not really a road but rather a bundle of routes that led to Rome and the Holy Land.
Via Franci…
Vignanello (VT)Vignanello is in the Tuscia of Viterbo, 18 km north of Viterbo, at 369 meters above sea level on the slopes of the Monti Cimini. By car you get the…
Villa PoniatowskiVilla Poniatowski - Via di Villa Giulia, 22-32, 00196 Rome RM, Italy
Vulci (VT)Vulci (VT) - Circonvallazione Vulci, 1-20, 01014 Montalto di Castro VT

























