National Etruscan Museum Explained

National Etruscan Museum
Native Name:Museo Nazionale Etrusco
Native Name Lang:it
Established:1889
Type:Archaeological Museum
Location:Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9 Rome, Italy
Coordinates:41.9183°N 12.4778°W
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Website:museoetru.it

The National Etruscan Museum (Italian: Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is a museum dedicated to the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations, housed in the Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy. It is the most important Etruscan museum in the world.

History

The villa was built for Pope Julius III, for whom it was named. It remained in papal property until 1870, when, in the wake of the Risorgimento and the demise of the Papal States, it became the property of the Kingdom of Italy. The museum was founded in 1889 as part of the same nationalistic movement, with the aim of collecting together all the pre-Roman antiquities of Latium, southern Etruria and Umbria belonging to the Etruscan and Faliscan civilizations, and has been housed in the villa since the beginning of the 20th century.

Collections

The museum's most famous single treasure is the terracotta funerary monument, the almost life-size Bride and Groom (the so-called Sarcofago degli Sposi, or Sarcophagus of the Spouses), reclining as if they were at a dinner party.

Other objects held are:

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia (National Etruscan Museum) in Rome - Attraction | Frommer's.
  2. Web site: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia (National Etruscan Museum) in Rome - Attraction | Frommer's.