Tarquinia holds the greatest treasure of Etruscan art: the UNESCO-listed Monterozzi necropolis, where painted tombs preserve scenes of banquets, dancers, and the sea.
The Tomb of the Leopards opens a vivid window onto a vanished people.
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UNESCO
Necropolis of Monterozzi
Tarquinia's painted Etruscan tombs, antiquity's most vivid gallery.
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