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Find practical details on how to get from Rome to Cerveteri Necropolis to visit the Etruscan tombs at Necropoli della Banditaccia.
A World Heritage Etruscan cemetery with more than 400 remarkably preserved tombs from the 9th-2nd centuries BC.
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The Banditaccia necropolis, on the outskirts of Cerveteri, is a stunning Etruscan “city of the dead” that, along with the necropolis at Tarquinia, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
Quella degli Etruschi è una civiltà che da sempre suscita grande fascino. Civiltà preromana, si sviluppa nell’Italia centro-settentrionale dall’VIII secolo a.C. circa, si diffonde fino …
Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.
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Houses for the Living... Houses for the Dead... "Crossing the threshold of the cemetery, each of them [the Etruscans of Cerveteri] possessed a second house." "Inside this house, a resting place was already prepared. And soon, they would be lying down alongside their forefathers." "Eternity, therefore, was not a vague illusion. Nor a mere fairy tale. Nor an insubstantial promise by their priests." Giorgio Bassani, The Garden of the Finzi Continis An aerial view of the Etruscan Necropolis of Cerveteri, showing rounded tumuli, above, and rectilinear chamber tombs, below. We walk along the streets of this seeming city - popping in and out of tombs. Like casual calls on friends and neighbors, on a pleasant holiday when everyone is home. We can reach out and touch the Etruscan afterlife - or so we like to think. But this is a laughable impertinence on our part. The perennial license of the living to play fast and loose with the dead. Simple interments in the rock; an excavated sarcophagus is seen at the right, in deep shadow. But...the incredible concreteness of it all! For once, the Mysterious Etruscans seem diagrammatically clear. The by-ways of Cerveteri are combed with simple holes in the rock; the most rudimentary of resting places. We think of squatters in cardboard boxes on modern city streets. A minimal burial site is seen at the lower left. Broad avenues are lined with rows of rectilinear tombs, boasting fine facades of dressed stone. A fine range of chamber tombs, faced with dressed stone, with bold foundation courses and elaborate moldings at the roof line. Inside, we see chambers hewn with elegant precision from the native rock. The interior of a chamber tomb; the triangular headpiece at the right marks a male interment; women were indicated by semi-circular disks. Most imposing of all are the tumuli, grassy domes ringed with finished stone... A range of monumental tumuli, evoking the forms of traditional round houses. ... hiding grandiose burial chambers... Inside the tumulus of the noble Matuna family. ...lavishly decorated with the appurtenances of aristocratic life. Renderings of the Matuna tomb decorations by A.N. Des Vergers (Paris, 1862) But who were the people buried here? Terracotta sarcophagus lids from Cerveteri, in the Villa Giulia Museum in Rome. We hear that Etruscan society was rigidly hierarchical - and this is the seeming proof. Dominated by the elegant and self-possessed individuals who smile at us from frescoes and sarcophagus lids. Re-enacting the pleasures of their privileged lives. Sarcophagus of the Married Couple from Cerveteri, in the Villa Giulia Museum in Rome. At Cerveteri, we see free-standing mansions, comfortable row houses...and mere holes in the ground. But this is a tourist trick that we play on ourselves - reducing history to urban real estate. In the course of five hundred years (from the Eighth through the Fourth Centuries B.C.), there were periods of greater and lesser wealth and power, evolving social customs and emerging religious beliefs. And all of these forces shaped the local topography. Tumuli encircled by dramatic stonework, at the left; chamber tombs, at the right. So, the Etruscans of Cerveteri remain as mysterious as we want them to be. A road leads to an Etruscan tumulus; in the midground, the round opening to a subterranean burial place; at the left, a wall of cut stone. And then we climb back in our cars and drive away - after the inevitable stand-off between the living and the dead. A rental car from Florence, parked in sparse shade near a massive tumulus outside the main archeological zone. More ETRUSCANS? CLICK HERE! Our Photographer confronts Eternity. (No mystery here; the camera is on remote control.) PHOTOGRAPHS: Ten views of Cerveteri © Lyle Goldberg Five images from the web (numbers 2, 3, 9, 10 & 11)
About 50 km northwest of Rome stands the largest necropolis in the Mediterranean area: the Etruscan necropolis of Cerveteri, also known as the Banditaccia Necropolis. Since this is one of my favorite places to visit near Rome, I have created a guide that will be very useful for those who…
two colors of tufa for this tomb Last week we invited young American archeologists Tim and Erika to describe their visit to Tarquinia, one of the area’s two UNESCO World Heritage sites. beehive shaped funerary mounds The other is Cerveteri, further south in the province of Rome, which I visited this week for the first time in over 40 years, when it was a favorite field trip for my international school students back in the 60s and 70s . I hope some of them who read this will leave a comment, here below. entrance drive to Banditaccia necropolis carved rings decorate the tomb mounds my book on the area is available at the bookshop cart ruts dating from 300 BC columns with carbon inclusions path among the tombs Not much has changed at the Banditaccia necropolis since that time, only the majestic pines which flank the entrance drive have grown and their roots have made the road bumpier , but visitors are even more welcome thanks to the new snack bar and bookshop. Isabella at the snack bar taking a break at the snack bar When I visited with student groups years ago a packed lunch was imperative and we had to be sure to bring our own flashlights in order to see anything in the dark tombs. Another change is that the Tomb of the Reliefs , the most important, is now sealed off with a glass door, like Tarquinia’s painted tombs, for protection. walking among the tomb mounds dromos entrance to tombs Tomb of the Reliefs below the tree, the Tomb of the Reliefs The atmosphere felt in the necropolis is still awe inspiring, mysterious and lush. This “City of the Dead” is a peek into how the Etruscans lived, what they found important and how they perceived life after death. closeup of the tufa stone blocks The tombs, excavated in tufa stone, have rooms and funerary beds to recreate what the Etruscan homes looked like. Outside the dromos entrance way there are often phallic symbols or cippi for male occupants, or house shaped cippi for female burials. Have you visited either Tarquinia or Cerveteri ? Which is your favorite Etruscan site?
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Find practical details on how to get from Rome to Cerveteri Necropolis to visit the Etruscan tombs at Necropoli della Banditaccia.
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Find practical details on how to get from Rome to Cerveteri Necropolis to visit the Etruscan tombs at Necropoli della Banditaccia.
10 Most Amazing Etruscan Tombs at Banditaccia Necropolis in Cerveteri. Exploring tombs of Cerveteri is part of the Countryside Splendor Tour with RomeCabs
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