Once one of the most powerful cities of Etruria, Cerveteri is home to the UNESCO-listed Banditaccia necropolis, a true city of the dead where mounded tombs line carved streets and chambers mimic Etruscan houses, the Tomb of the Reliefs among them.
When to visit Cerveteri
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UNESCO
Necropolis of the Banditaccia
The Etruscan city of the dead at Cerveteri, laid out street by street.
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