Museo Archeologico Nazionale Tarquiniense

Lazio


This charming museum, beautifully housed in the 15th-century Palazzo Vitelleschi, is a treasure trove of locally found Etruscan artefacts. Highlights include the Cavalli Alati, a magnificent frieze of two winged horses, and, in the next room, the Mitra Tauroctono, a striking sculpture of the headless, handless god Mithras killing a bull.


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