Orvieto
The area has been lived in since the 7th century BC and perhaps since the Bronze Age. Generally the city is identified with the Volsinii in Etruscan times and was at its height during the 6th to 4th centuries BC when it was a flourishing commercial center. The Roman conquest in the 3rd century BC…
Cerveteri
Etruscan town of Ceisra, today’s Cerveteri, was built in tufo stone not far from the sea. Thanks to this strategic position it was inhabited in pre-Etruscan, Villanovian times. By the 7th century BC it was a well developed commercial center with solid ties to the Greek colonies and had a sanctuary to Apollo in Delphi.…
The necropolis of Tarquinia
The city of Tarquinia was part of the league of 12 Etruscan cities (dodecapoli) and its influence was so great that the last three mythical kings of Rome were from here. Things changed over the centuries and after the defeat of the formidable coalition of Etruscans, Gauls, Umbirans and Sannites in the battle of Sentinun …
Pallium of John XXI
Silk and gold III secolo In Catholic liturgy the pallium is generally a strip of white wool worn around the neck by the highest levels of the church and indicates the bishop’s dignity. In this case it is a silk and gold pallium belonging to Pope John XXI (Giovanni XXI) who was elected in…