Tarquinia

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient city municipality

Tarquinia is an ancient Etruscan city in central Italy renowned for its richly painted tombs and significant archaeological remains.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Comune di Tarquinia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culture Etruscans ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan civilization
elevation 133 metres ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 6th century BC ⓘ
7th century BC ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Etruscans ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan period
governedBy Tarquinia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Comune di Tarquinia
hasArchaeologicalFeature Etruscan sanctuaries ⓘ
city walls remains ⓘ
rock-cut chamber tombs ⓘ
tumulus tombs ⓘ
hasHistoricName Tarchuna ⓘ
Tarquinii ⓘ
hasPart Civita plateau archaeological area ⓘ
Monterozzi Necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Necropolis of Monterozzi
hasSite Cathedral of Tarquinia ⓘ
Tarquinia National Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia

Palazzo Vitelleschi ⓘ
Santa Maria di Castello ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscribedTogetherWith Cerveteri ⓘ
knownFor Monterozzi Necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan necropolis

Etruscan painted tombs ⓘ
archaeological remains ⓘ
locatedIn Lazio ⓘ
Province of Viterbo ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ
locatedNear Marta River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian language ⓘ
surface form: Italian
partOf Etruria ⓘ
population approximately 16000 ⓘ
populationAsOf early 21st century ⓘ
regionCapitalDistanceFrom about 90 km northwest of Rome ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
twinnedWith Aalborg ⓘ
Ermont NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaufering ⓘ
Veszprém ⓘ
UNESCOListingName Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1158 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2004 ⓘ
wasImportantFor Etruscan religion ⓘ
maritime trade in antiquity ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cerveteri → UNESCOListingWith → Tarquinia ⓘ
Etruscan art → centerOfProduction → Tarquinia ⓘ
Province of Viterbo → contains → Tarquinia ⓘ
Tarquinia → governedBy → Tarquinia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comune di Tarquinia
Etruria → majorCity → Tarquinia ⓘ
Etruscans → majorCity → Tarquinia ⓘ