Via degli Inferi, Cerveteri (Rm)
Cerveteri is a town of the northern Lazio, in the province of Rome, originally known as Caere. It is famous for a number of Etruscan necropolis that include some of the best Etruscan tombs anywhere. The most famous attraction of Cerveteri is the Necropoli della Banditaccia, which has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site together with the necropoleis in Tarquinia. It covers an area of 400 ha, of which 10 ha can be visited, encompassing a total of 1,000 tombs often housed in characteristic mounds. It is the largest ancient necropolis in the Mediterranean area. The name Banditaccia comes from the leasing (bando) of areas of land to the Cerveteri population by the local landowners. The Via degli Inferi (Hell's Road or Way of the Underworld) is part of this Necropolis, but stay outside the protected site, ad it's of free access. In the photograph we can see a tunnel for water
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Location: Necropoli della Banditaccia, Cerveteri, province of Rome, Latium, Italy, Europe
Photo credit: © Rupert Hansen / Alamy / Afripics
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