The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . eek (i JUillcttini degli Rcavi della Societa colonies in Italy. 1 have found them also Colomharia, 1859—61. CHAP. XXXIV.] ARCHITECT URAL MOUL DINGS. Bieda—to rival it in interest? In exterior attractions, its tombswill bear comparison with those of any other necropolis inSouthern Etruria; even Norchia cannot surpass it. Everything, however, be it remembered, yields in interest to the shadow-peopled caves of Corneto, Chiusi, and Orvieto. Sovana may be reached from three sides; from the east,leaving the high-road to Siena at Acquapendente, or SanLorenzo ; f
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . eek (i JUillcttini degli Rcavi della Societa colonies in Italy. 1 have found them also Colomharia, 1859—61. CHAP. XXXIV.] ARCHITECT URAL MOUL DINGS. Bieda—to rival it in interest? In exterior attractions, its tombswill bear comparison with those of any other necropolis inSouthern Etruria; even Norchia cannot surpass it. Everything, however, be it remembered, yields in interest to the shadow-peopled caves of Corneto, Chiusi, and Orvieto. Sovana may be reached from three sides; from the east,leaving the high-road to Siena at Acquapendente, or SanLorenzo ; from the west by the road leading from Orbetellothrough Manciano; and from the south, from Montalto orToscanella, through Farnese, or Ischia; and it should always beborne in mind that Pitigliano, not Sovana, is the point to beaimed at, as the latter is utterly destitute of accommodation, andat the former the Baby welcomes the traveller with open arms. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXXIY. Note I.—Mouldings of Tombs at Sovana. See p. 13 IP -. Fi*. ]. Fi~. 2. Fia. 3. m Vis. 5 Fi<?. 6. These mouldings are those of the facades of tombs at Sovana, seen inprofile, varying from 12 to 20 or 25 feet in height. The upper part recessedin figs. 5 and 6, is the pedestal of the cippus or statue which surmounted thetomb ; it is shown in the woodcut at page 513. The lower member of thecornices in figs. 1, 3, 5, 6, is dentilled. These mouldings are unlike those onany other Etruscan site ; and probably have their counterparts in no otherland ; though certain of them have a strong Egyptian character. The mostsingular is that of fig. 4 ; and next, perhaps, fig. 2. But further comment 16 SOVANA. [chap, xxxiv. from an unprofessional man is uncalled for. I give these mouldings ratherin the hope of exciting curiosity in the unstudied subject of Etruscan archi-tecture, than with any expectation of satisfying it. Note II.—Etruscan Inscriptions. See p. 13. The inscriptions at Sovana, though unusually nume
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