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Surroundings:

Tarquinia, Tomba BruschiTarquinia, Doganaccia, The Queen`s TumulusViillanovian Necropolis of Villa Bruschi FalgariAra della Regina

Location:

  • Italy, Tarquinia
  • geo:42.250603,11.769111
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -600~ / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=23720

Annotations

Tomba del Fiore di Loto - Tomb of Lotus Flower dicovered in 1962 dates back to around the 6th century BC. The burial chamber consist of a double sloped ceiling decorated with small flowers. The back wall depicts a lion and a panther facing each other with an inverted lotus flower between.

 

See:

  1. Stephan Steingräber, Abundance of Life: Etruscan Wall Painting, Getty Publications, 2006
  2. http://www.canino.info/inserti/monografie/etruschi/tombe_tarquinia/Fiore%20di%20Loto/index.htm

Nearby

Tarquinia, Tomba 3697

Etruscan fourth century tomb.

Tomba Massimo Pallottino (3713)

Etruscan tomb. Tarquinia. It is accessible.

Tomba della Pulcella

Etruscan tomb. Maiden Tomb.


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