“Gina’s” urn will be in Terricciola until March

The historically significant cultural landscape of Tuscany has always held a special fascination. Whether the Romans in antiquity or influential dynasties like that Aldobrandeschi and the doctors in the early and late Middle Ages - they all left their mark on Tuscany. What is particularly exciting is the mysterious origin of the Etruscans, who the ancient Romans suspected had immigrated from Asia Minor. The interesting thing about the “Etruschi” is that they were used from the 10th century BC. BC founded the first advanced culture in Italy. The conquest of Etruscan areas by the Romans finally began in the 5th century BC. Etruria gradually became part of the Roman Empire.

Archaeological Treasure of Terricciola

Wherever you vacation in Tuscany, in almost every town and village you will come across the remains of temples and luxuriously furnished tombs that testify to the extraordinary wealth of this ancient culture. There is also an archaeological treasure in the underground of Terricciola, which is now also open to the public in the hypogea (underground burial vaults) Belvedere and Cassero. After part of “Gina’s” burial urn was found in a field in the Casanova district in 2014, the missing urn lid was also discovered in September 2019. The complete urn was presented to the public at the opening of the Hypogeum Belvedere in December 2019. “Gina” will remain in until the end of March 2020 terricciola and can be admired there in the town hall. She is then taken to... Villa Baciocchi Museum transferred to Capannoli, where it will be permanently exhibited.

Want more Etruscans?

“Gina” made you curious about the Etruscans? Remains of their cities and underground burial sites as well as finds from the “Etruscan” period can also be found here:

• The "Cave Life“, the Etruscan ravines in the province of Grosseto are among the greatest secrets of the ancient people. For example, if you have the Villa Follonica book for your vacation, it is just a stone's throw to the hollow paths.
• not far from Agriturismo Peccioli is the archaeological one Guarnacci Etruscan Museum at the Palazzo Desideri Tangassi in Voltera. The “Urna degli Sposi” (Urn of the Bride and Groom) and the bronze figure “Ombra della Sera” (Evening Shadow) are particularly worth seeing.
• The excavations of the ancient world City of Roselle and Archaeological Museum of Grosseto
• The archaeological park Vulci and the neighboring museum in the castle “dell'Abbadia”
• The archaeological park in Populonia
• the Etruscan Ruins and tombs in Vetulonia

And if you ever come to Rome, you definitely have to visit the Etruscan Museum in the “Villa Julia“, which houses the largest collection of Etruscan finds in a former summer residence of the Pope.