The National Etruscan Museum (Italian: Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is a museum of the Etruscan civilization, housed in the Villa GiuliainRome, Italy.
Museo Nazionale Etrusco
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Established | 1889 |
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Location | piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9 Rome, Italy |
Coordinates | 41°55′06″N 12°28′40″E / 41.9183°N 12.4778°E / 41.9183; 12.4778 |
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 antiquitiesofLatium, 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.
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:
Preceded by Museo nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia |
Landmarks of Rome National Etruscan Museum |
Succeeded by Museo Nazionale Romano |
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