Associazione Città Italiane Patrimonio Mondiale UNESCO

These necropolises extend for 750 metres and contain about two hundred burial tombs. Their uniqueness is due to both the grandeur of scale and the pictorial decorations. The use of decorations is not unique per se in this area but here, the presence of paintings is so wide as to make them exceptional. This is particularly so as they let us see Etruscan evolution over a wide period spanning from the 7th to the 3rd centuries BC.
The paintings often depict moments in the life of the deceased.
Of the fourteen that are currently open to the public, we suggest that of the Caccia e della Pesca (hunting and fishing) that depict a seascape thriving with fish and birds and youngsters intent on hunting.
The Tomba dei Giocolieri that dates back to the 6th century BC features a lion, a panther, a juggler and an old man.
The Tomba dei Tori is made up of varying rooms. It can be dated back to between 540 and 530 BC. Don’t miss, in the main chamber, the depiction of a scene from the Trojan War featuring Achilles and the son of Priam. There is a depiction of a bull on another wall.
The ancient Metropoli etrusca is to be found near Monte Romano where lie the ruins of a temple dating back to the 6th BC century.