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Tarquinia Destination Guide

Touring Tarquinia in Italy

Tarquinia in the region of Latium with its 15,162 citizens is a city located in Italy - some 45 mi or ( 72 km ) North-West of Rome , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Tarquinia

Time in Tarquinia is now 03:35 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Rome " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Terni, Siena, Rome, Perugia, and Naples. Being here already, consider visiting Terni . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Tarquinia ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Sleepy sounds of beach waves RELAX MUSIC

26:52 min by milleaccendini
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Sleepy sounds of beach waves RELAX MUSIC Italy Lazio Tarquinia The sea of the Etruscan Read or listen: il canto del cigno Etrusco- ETRUSCAN SWAN SONG AUDIOLIBRO: www.youtube.com PDF: English: www.mill ..

Sea Sounds Relaxing Sleepy Relaxing Natural

18:04 min by milleaccendini
Views: 4708 Rating: 4.33

Sleepy Relaxing Natural sound Un suono che aiuta il dormire Audiolibri by Milleaccendini modifica Titolo riquadro branding: (facoltativo) Riquadro branding:Siamo venuti a conoscenza che i nostri audi ..


Farnesiana a cavallo

7:33 min by PoggioNebbia
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A cavallo nelle Terre della Farnesiana ..

Intercity 516 Capodimonte e Eurostar City 9789 del 10/07/2009

0:57 min by EurostarCity
Views: 687 Rating: 4.50

A poca distanza tra di loro, i treni Intercity 516 "Capodimonte" Salerno - Torino P.ta Nuova (E444R.014) el' Eurostar City 9789 Genova P.zza Principe - Roma T.ni (E402B.131) transitano a Tarquinia. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Tomba della Fustigazione

Tomba della Fustigazione, or "Tomb of Flogging" in English, is an Etruscan burial site from the Monterozzi Necropolis near the ancient city of Tarquinia, in central Italy. The site is named after its eroticized depictions of floggings.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 42.25 11.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Lazio, Burial monuments and structures, Etruscan art, Etruscan tombs, Whipping

Tomb of the Leopards

The Tomb of the Leopards (Italian Tomba dei Leopardi) is an Etruscan burial chamber so called for the confronted leopards painted above a banquet scene. The tomb is located within the Monterozzi necropolis and dates to around 480–450 BC. The painting is one of the best-preserved murals of Tarquinia, and is known for "its lively coloring, and its animated depictions rich with gestures.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 42.25 11.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Etruscan art, Etruscan tombs

Tomb of Orcus

The Tomb of Orcus, sometimes called the Tomb of Murina (Italian: Tomba dei Murina), is a 4th century BC Etruscan hypogeum (burial chamber) in Tarquinia, Italy. Discovered in 1868, it displays Hellenistic influences in its remarkable murals, which include the portrait of Velia Velcha, an Etruscan noblewoman, and the only known pictorial representation of the demon Tuchulcha. In general, the murals are noted for their depiction of death, evil, and unhappiness.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 42.25 11.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Etruscan art, Etruscan tombs, Iron Age Europe

Voltone Airfield

Voltone Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, located approximately 4 km west of Tarquinia (Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio), central Italy, about 70 km northwest of Rome. It was an all-weather temporary field built by the XII Engineer Command using a graded earth compacted surface, with prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing (PHS).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 42.25 11.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 1944 establishments in Italy, Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Italy

Tarquinia Airfield

Tarquinia Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in the Lazio region of central Italy, about 6 km South-Southwest of Tarquinia. It was an all-weather temporary field built by the XII Engineer Command using a graded earth compacted surface, with a prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing known as PHS. PHS was made of an asphalt-impregnated jute which was rolled out over the compacted surface over a square mesh track (SMT) grid of wire joined in 3-inch squares.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 42.21 11.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Italy, Aviation in Italy, Italy in World War II

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Tarquinia