Tarquinia was one of the most powerful cities of the Etruscan League, and its necropolis — the Monterozzi, a Unesco World Heritage site — proves it: over 6,000 rock-cut tombs, around 200 of them frescoed, dating from the 7th to the 2nd century BC.
The Vitelleschi Museum
In town, the National Archaeological Museum is housed in the 16th-century Palazzo Vitelleschi and holds finds including the famous terracotta pair of winged horses.
Only a limited number of frescoed tombs are open to the public on rotation, for conservation reasons.
