Once one of the most powerful cities of Etruria, Cerveteri is home to the UNESCO-listed Banditaccia necropolis, a true city of the dead where mounded tombs line carved streets and chambers mimic Etruscan houses, the Tomb of the Reliefs among them.
When to visit Cerveteri
Average highs and lows across the year.
What to see first
Necropolis of the Banditaccia
The Etruscan city of the dead outside Cerveteri, its tombs cut street by street into the tufa and furnished like real houses.
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