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Cervetri

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Ancient Caere, of Etruscan and then Roman importance, is evidence of a civilization that still shines through every small fragment of volcanic rock, on which the houses were designed.

Of considerable interest is the Etruscan Necropolis of the "Banditaccia". Here are preserved tombs from the period between the seventh and second centuries BC, among which the “tomb of the Reliefs” stands out, where numerous Etruscan household objects are reconstructed in the tuff. The driving force of the Etruscan civilization, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, the Necropolis, which winds for more than two kilometers, is certainly the most impressive in all of Etruria and one of the most monumental in the entire Mediterranean world. The monumental tombs, within the mound, are excavated and partly built in the tuff. These are monuments that testify to the desire of aristocratic families to show their wealth and to perpetuate a level of life of the highest quality in the afterlife. In this way the accumulations of luxury goods such as pottery in precious metal, goldsmiths, figured vases, bronzes, objects coming from the areas of the Near East and Greece, as well as weapons, belts, razors, fibulae, jewels can be explained. The interiors are evocative, imitating the houses of the living with multiple environments with shaped doors and windows, columns and pillars, beamed and coffered ceilings, furniture, funeral beds, sometimes furnishings. Also of interest are the so-called "cube" tombs, which line up on sepulchral streets with regular meshes and give us the image of a contemporary urban neighborhood.

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