Toscana Terra EtruscaTourist and cultural itineraries discovering the Etruscans in Southern Tuscany

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Discovering the EtruscansThe cultural, artistic and architectural traces left in Southern Tuscany by the Etruscans - a people that has always been portrayed as enigmatic and mysterious - are still an integral part of the history, cities and landscapes of that which once was the very heart of Etruria. A heritage that is still largely accessible to visit, get to know and explore in the extraordinary villages founded by the Etruscan people, thanks also to a system of museums and archaeological sites scattered throughout the nature and landscapes of Tuscany.The means, eras and territories through which Etruscan civilisation developed in Tuscany are multiple, at least as many as the itineraries proposed to take you on a discovery of this people of farmers, urban planners, metalworkers, warriors, artists, traders, navigators, artisans and travellers.

Visits include museums and archaeological sites of the Councils adhering to Toscana Terra Etrusca and the Regional Management of Museums in Tuscany.

The archaeological museums and sites are part of the following museum systems:

• Valdichiana Musei > www.valdichianamusei.it• Musei di Maremma > www.museidimaremma.it• Fondazione Musei Senesi > www.museisenesi.org• Direzione Regionale Musei della Toscana > www.polomusealetoscana.beniculturali.it

For information, bookings and other experiences to introduce you to the unique aspects of each area (e.g., trekking, guided tours, wine and cuisine, workshops, art), you can refer directly to the tourist information offices and individual museums and archaeological sites, or the regional portal visittuscany.com#toscanaterraetrusca

SARTEANO, Tomb of the Quadriga Infernale

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The water roads - Itinerary 1

The stone roads - Itinerary 2

The wine roads - Itinerary 3

The olive oil roads - Itinerary 4

The grain roads - Itinerary 5

The roads of the land and sea - Itinerary 7

Etruscan passion - Itinerary 8

Each museum or archaeological site offers guided visits in foreign languages, didactic workshops for example on the working of ceramics, the Etruscan language, goldsmithing, Etruscan banquets and much more, depending on the students’ ages. You can also combine your visit to museums and archaeological parks with treks and nature walks with specialised environmental guides.

Dedicated to the Etruscans’ profound relationship with water, experiencing wellbeing and nature

A leap into the past in the mysterious primordial paths of the heart of Etruria

Discovering the wines of the land of the Etruscans between archaeology and millennia of traditions

The yellow gold of Etruria: from the land to the table via ancient relics

On the tracks of the golden grains, cities and relics in the cultivated lands of the Etruscans

Discovering the Etruscans’ sacred mountains: an itinerary in Amiata, Val di Chiana, Val d’Orcia and Maremma immersed in uncontaminated nature

From the heart of Etruria to the sea: trade routes and travelling in the Ombrone valley

An Etruscan epic through cities, museums and archaeological sites in Southern Tuscany

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The roads of the Etruscans’ sacred mountains - Itinerary 6

Index

CHIUSI, The Monkey Tomb

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Chiusi

Sarteano

Chianciano Terme

Montepulciano

San Quirico d’Orcia

Castiglione d’Orcia (Bagni San Filippo)

San Casciano dei Bagni

CHIUSILabyrinth of Porsenna

MONTEPULCIANOLake of Montepulciano

SARTEANOQuadriga Infernale

SAN QUIRICO D’ORCIABagno Vignoni

CHIANCIANO TERMEArchaeological Museum of Chianciano Terme

CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIABagni San Filippo

SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNI Bagno Grande

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San Casciano dei Bagni

Montepulciano

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CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA, Bagni San Filippo

Water: a vital element for all civilisa-tions, essential for everyday life,

it was for the Etruscans as for other peoples, a sacred object of worship. This itinerary explores the places where Etruscans and other ancient peoples exploited the precious thermal springs, rivers, lakes and reservoirs.Underneath Chiusi winds am intricate system of tunnels that you can explore during a visit to the Labyrinth of Porsen-na or the “the Underground City” Civic museum, relics of the capillary stor-age of waters; relaxing on the banks of the lakes of Montepulciano and Chiusi (both sites of great community impor-tance, linked to the Sentiero della Boni-fica [Path of the Reclaimed Land], which runs for more than 60km between Chi-usi and Arezzo and which can also be travelled by bike) we can take in an en-chanting natural habitat already known to the Etruscans who used to exploit its agricultural resources. Used for thou-sands of years, the small baths of hot water in Bagni San Filippo are enclosed by magical white limestone formations such as the striking Fosso Bianco, also known as the “White Whale”. In Bagno Vignoni, on the other hand, you can admire the extraordinary basin in the centre of the little village, still today a thermal treasure trove. Just a little fur-ther south, in San Casciano dei Bagni, people have known about the therapeu-tic properties of the mineral-thermal waters since ancient times, just like in

The water roadsDiscovering the Etruscans’ relationship with water, the foundation of life and civilisation

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ARCHEO TREKKING

THE “WHITE WHALE”Length: 10.5 km / Difficulty level: easyDeparture point: Bagni San FilippoThe Val d’Orcia, an apparently gentle land, instead hides strong, intense natural forces that have always conditioned its landscape and the life of those who have inhabited it over the years. This brief but intense itin-erary unveils these natural forces: you can hear the gurgling of the volcanic gas of the river waters, see the intense colours of the land and finally be peacefully lulled by the beneficial, hot sulphurous waters of the nat-ural baths under the small village of Bagni San Filippo.

Chianciano Terme, the perfect destina-tion for wellbeing of the body. For more information on the Etruscan civilisation, in Sarteano you can find the Civic Muse-um of Archaeology and the Tomb of the Quadriga Infernale, shrouded in legend and ancient beauty.

Lake of CHIUSI

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Castiglione della Pescaia (Vetulonia)

Grosseto(Roselle)

Monte Argentario

Capalbio

Pitigliano

Sorano

CASTIGLIONE DELLA PESCAIAVetulonia

GROSSETORoselle

PITIGLIANONecropolis of San Giovanni

CAPALBIOPanorama

SORANO(Sovana) Vie cave

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Grosseto

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Pitigliano

Capalbio

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Sorano

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Roselle

PITIGLIANO, panorama

A visit to Etruscan monuments in Tus-can villages is a unique experience.

Starting from the beauty of Mount Ar-gentario, a promontory wedged deeply in the sea, we find Porto Ercole, a sea town that owes the origins of its name to the Etruscans themselves. We pass through Capalbio, the last village of the Maremma, the fortified medieval village strategically placed on the coastal plain. We then leap into the “città del tufo”: Sorano, Sovana and Pitigliano; the latter - known as “Lit-tle Jerusalem” because of its long-stand-ing Jewish community – is home to the Town Archaeological Museums, demon-strating all its splendour not only in the Roman aqueduct but also in the open-air “Alberto Manzi” Archaeological Museum where you can visit the reconstruction of an Etruscan home and the rocky ne-cropolises from archaic and Hellenistic times. In Sorano you simply must visit the Vie Cave: mysterious passages in the tufa rock to be explored by foot, en-joying the shadow-plays and fairy-tale primordial views. A short distance from the “Cavone” Via Cava you can visit the spectacular Ildebranda Tomb, dug out of the tufa rock: one of the most important funerary monuments in Etruria.Continuing north-west, we find Roselle, where time seems to have stopped still: in this archaeological site you can let your mind wander to one of the most

The stone roadsA leap into the past in six legs taking in the civilisation, urban planning and architecture of Etruscan citiesin the heart of Tuscany

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ARCHEO TREKKING

ARGENTARIO, FAR FROM THE CROWDSLength: 15 km / Difficulty level: mediumDeparture point: Porto ErcoleThe itinerary crosses the luxurious woods of the southern side of the Argentario promontory and starting from the historical centre of Porto Ercole reaches the Monastery of the Presentation in the Temple known as the Monastery of the Passion-ists. The itinerary takes us across the Leopoldine aqueduct – by now enveloped in the Mediterra-nean scrub - several times, and after a climb that never ceases to surprise, you arrive at the highest point of the excursion from where you can enjoy a breath-taking view of the entire lagoon.

representative Etruscan cities, just like in Vetulonia, with its splendid necropolises and graves which blend in harmoniously with the surrounding landscape.

GROSSETO, Roselle Archaeological Area

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Cortona

Torrita di Siena

Montepulciano

San Quirico d’Orcia

Castiglione d’Orcia

Pitigliano

Scansano

Grosseto (Roselle)

Gavorrano

Civitella Paganico

CIVITELLA PAGANICOPanorama

GROSSETOMaremma Museum of Archaeology and Art

SCANSANOArchaeological Museum

PITIGLIANO Open-air Alberto Manzi Archaeological Museum

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Scansano

Grosseto

Gavorrano

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Castiglione d’Orcia

Civitello Paganico

San Quirico d’Orcia

Pitigliano

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CORTONAEtruscan Lamp, MAEC

TORRITA DI SIENAVin santo ofMontefollonico

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GAVORRANO, panorama

Wine is a precious treasure that the Etruscans produced in large quan-

tities and traded throughout the Mediter-ranean. This itinerary follows the roads of wine, searching out the Etruscan civ-ilisation. Starting in Cortona and its rich past (you simply cannot miss the Etrus-can Academy Museum and the archae-ological park) we pass through Torrita di Siena, a village surrounded by olive groves and vineyards - where in Monte-follonico the famous Vin Santo is pro-duced - to reach Montepulciano, known for its wines and underground wine cel-lars where the Civic Museum conserves some important Etruscan finds. In San Quirico d’Orcia, villages brimming over with natural and historical beauty, a sim-ple walk along the alleyways and streets is enough to immerse yourself in the ancient origins and savour the typical dishes. Between Pitigliano and Scansa-no, two stops of wine-producing and ar-chaeological importance that shouldn’t be missed, we pass along the Vie Cave, spectacular paths dug into the tufa, dec-orated with musk and lichen, created by the Etruscans thousands of years ago. Near Grosseto, the archaeological area of Roselle and the archaeological sites and relics in Gavorrano bring us to the end of this itinerary which concludes with a visit to Civitella Paganico and a small Etruscan tomb that has recently been found.

The wine roadsDiscovering the wines of the land of the Etruscans in ten legs between archaeological relics and millennia-long traditions

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ARCHEO TREKKING

THE GREAT BEAUTYLength: 16 km / Difficulty level: intermediateDeparture point: Castiglione d’Orcia (SI)The rolling hills surrounding the splendid vil-lage of San Quirico d’Orcia have become an affirmed landscape icon in the minds of all. Nominated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the famous cypresses of the Val d’Orcia, alone or in picturesque groups, break the soft lines of the crests and act as a reference point for travellers roaming these extraordinarily beau-tiful lands. The itinerary leads us along a walk in the world’s most photographed and best-known Tuscan countryside: a true paradise for the eyes and the mind which will be nurtured by the unique colours, forms and atmospheres.

MONTEPULCIANO, panorama

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Cortona

Castiglion Fiorentino

Civitella in Val di Chiana

Monte San Savino

Lucignano

Foiano della Chiana

Sinalunga

Trequanda

Montepulciano

Chiusi

Sarteano

CIVITELLA IN VAL DI CHIANAFortress

MONTE SAN SAVINOCity walls

MONTEPULCIANOUrnette Palazzo Bucelli

LUCIGNANOPanorama

FOIANO DELLA CHIANAPiazza Cavour

SINALUNGA Necropolises of San Giustino

CASTIGLIONFIORENTINOCivic Museum of Archaeology

CHIUSINational Etruscan Museum

TREQUANDA Giancarlo Pallavicini Archaeological Collection

SARTEANOCivic Museum of Archaeology

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Cortona

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Civitella in Val di Chiana

Foiano della Chiana

Lucignano

Sinalunga

Montepulciano

Chiusi

Sarteano

Trequanda

Monte San Savino

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The olive oil roadsYellow gold of Etruria: tasting a territory to learn about the oil of the Etruscans

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In Etruria, oil was cultivated in large quantities and then sold throughout the

Mediterranean; used mainly at the table, the Etruscans also used it in religion to light lamps in front of tombs, illuminat-ing homes and public and private build-ings, in the medical field as a painkiller and, in beauty, to fragrance skin and hair. Many containers for oil-based perfumed essences have been found and are now exhibited in the civic museums of Tus-can villages, in particular between the Valdichiana of Siena and Arezzo. Start-ing from Cortona, all the way to Sarteano, it is easy to perceive the past and feel the Etruscans’ presence in every corner. The eleven legs accompany you on a unique journey between the relics, traditions and curiosities of Etruscan food and agricul-tural tradition and in the use of oil in the various aspects of daily life thanks to the unique pieces found in the various museums, including the MAEC in Corto-na, the Civic Museum of Archaeology of Castiglion Fiorentino, the “Giancarlo Pallavicini” archaeological collection in Trequanda, the National Etruscan Muse-um of Chiusi, and the Civic Museum of Archaeology of Sarteano. Olive groves surround the towns and overlook the hills, making up the typical landscape of Tuscany together with the vineyards, to-day as it did yesterday.

ARCHEO TREKKING

FROM “CURTUN” TO THE MELONI DEL SODOLength: 6 km / Difficulty level: mediumDeparture point: Cortona (AR)This route unites the splendid Etruscan mu-seum of the MAEC in Cortona with one of the most important Etruscan archaeological sites in the area: the tombs or “meloni” del Sodo. After a visit to the MAEC, where we can also see the precious relics found in the tombs, we embark on an ancient road also signposted as Via Romea Germanica. We descend, passing fields and cultivations to the asphalted road and from there it is a short walk to the carpark of the archaeolog-ical area. We follow the same route back to return.

CORTONA, panorama

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Asciano

Monteroni d’Arbia

Murlo

San Quirico d’Orcia

Pienza

Castiglione d’Orcia

Cinigiano

Grosseto

Castiglione della Pescaia

CINIGIANOCountryside

PIENZAPanorama

ASCIANOPalazzo Corboli Civic Museum of Archaeology and Sacred Art

MONTERONI D’ARBIA Grancia di Cuna

CASTIGLIONE DELLA PESCAIAVetulonia

Pienza

Castiglione d’Orcia

Asciano

Murlo

Cinigiano

Grosseto

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MURLO, “Cappellone”, Antiquarium Poggio CivitateLivy tells us that the Gauls desired to conquer central Etruria in 400BC at-

tracted by the pleasant wines and gentle land. Grain, along with spelt and barley, were already cultivated by the Etrus-cans who understood the fertility of the land and the trend of the water. In what was the heart of Etruria, there are many places where we can still feel the Etrus-can presence: in Asciano, in the moon-scape landscape of the Crete Senesi home to the necropolis of Poggio Pinci, in Monteroni d’Arbia where there is the enchanting necropolis in the woods of Castello di Grotti, while Murlo is home to the Antiquarium Poggio Civitate with numerous finds from a royal residence dating back to the VII-VI centuries BC. The journey continues along the places where our ancestors worked the land to San Quirico d’Orcia and Castiglione d’Or-cia: these UNESCO World Heritage hills conceal the therapeutic thermal waters sourcing the magical atmospheres of the baths and springs of Bagno Vignoni. The same emotions can be found admiring the springs of Bagni San Filippo, and the views of the white, imposing limestone formations. The Maremma Museum of Archaeology and Art in Grosseto and the Roselle archaeological area are fun-damental steps of the journey, together with the Civic Museum of Archaeology and the Vetulonia national archaeologi-cal site, for unforgettable archaeological visits and walks. Etruscan collections

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The grain roadsAn itinerary between cities of Etruscan origin and landscapes where grain has been cultivated for millennia: golden grains for bread, pasta and focaccia breads

ARCHEO TREKKING

THE ACCONA DESERTLength: 13 km / Difficulty level: easyDeparture point: Mucigliani (Asciano, SI)The Tuaregs say that God created the de-sert so that people could discover their souls. The itinerary gives us the emotional experience of crossing a part of the Acco-na Desert: an area of the Crete Senesi that “turns white when everything is green and turns green when everything is grey. An apparently soft land, almost velvety, but cracked, broken, rough in reality. And often wounded.” Walking along the rolling crests of the crete, discovering the singularity of the biancane and the history of the villages and castles is an unforgettable experience.

are exhibited in the Archaeological Muse-um in Pienza in the tiny historical centre of this UNESCO World Heritage site, just like in Cinigiano, where the view takes in all the colours of the golden fields of grain to the greens of the vineyards and olive groves.

VAL D’ORCIA

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Chianciano Terme

Sarteano

San Casciano dei Bagni

Castiglione d’Orcia(Bagni San Filippo)

Abbadia S. Salvatore

Santa Fiora

Semproniano

Sorano

ABBADIA S. SALVATOREMineral Museum

SORANOIldebranda Tomb

SANTA FIORAFiora Springs

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CHIANCIANO TERMEArchaeological Museum of Chianciano Terme

SEMPRONIANOThe village

SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNI Stanze Cassianesi

Sarteano

Castiglione d’Orcia

Santa Fiora

Sorano

Semproniano

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CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA, Bagni San Filippo

Mount Amiata rises in a fairy-tale land. Amongst blooming green woods

of beech and chestnut in summer and snowy highlands in winter, “the Sacred Mountain” of the Etruscans overlooks the Val d’Orcia and the Maremma; ancestral and mysterious, the Amiata land is dom-inated by the natural forces of the volca-no that has given origin to the rocks, the tufa and hot sulphurous waters linked to the thermal activities. Walking through the paths immersed in greenery, discovering archaeological ruins and previous finds, is a journey back in time with ancient sto-ries, traditions and legends: the Etruscans believed that Mount Amiata was home to Tinia, their most important god. The cinnabar deposits of Mount Amiata were quarried from as early as prehistoric times to produce colours also used by the Etrus-cans for frescoes and to decorate funeral urns. At the foot of the hill are a number of little characteristic villages and thermal springs of volcanic origin which formed millions of years ago when the Amiata vol-cano was still active. The historical ther-mal centres, some of the most charming in Tuscany, are an opulent heritage, just like the plentiful springs of the Fiora.Between Val d’Orcia and Valdichiana, another mountain overlooks the valley: Mount Cetona. Formed millions of years ago in an environment that at the time was coastal, the Tuscan hill is home to a lush naturalistic oasis. The passing centu-

The roads of the Etruscans’ sacred mountainsMount Amiata, Mount Cetona and the thermal baths are the protagonists of this journey discovering nature and the sacred

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ries, the gradual retreat of the waters and the accumulation of eroded detritus have given shape to tunnels, caves and grot-tos visited by mankind from remote times leaving behind unmissable archaeological testimonies.

ARCHEO TREKKING

THE ETRUSCAN THERMAL BATHS OF SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNILength: 4.5 km / Difficulty level: easyDeparture point: San Casciano dei Bagni (SI) We start from the carpark located just out-side the historical centre of San Casciano dei Bagni and continue along Via Roma (S.P. n. 41) for around 1.3 km when we then turn right onto a track that runs along cultivated fields. We then climb to Bagno Bossolo and from there to Bagno Grande where we can take a pleasant dip – even in the middle of winter – in the baths that collect the waters at a temperature of around 39° C. We follow a path up to the village of San Casciano and from there to the carpark where we started.

MONTE AMIATA, panorama

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Grosseto (Roselle)

Castiglione della Pescaia(Vetulonia)

Gavorrano

Roccastrada

Civitella Paganico

Cinigiano

Scansano

Monte Argentario

Capalbio

ROCCASTRADAPanorama

GAVORRANORocca di Frassinello

CAPALBIOPanorama

MONTE ARGENTARIOWind instruments

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GROSSETOSerpaio Necropolis

CASTIGLIONE DELLA PESCAIAVetulonia, Poggiarello Renzetti – Decumano

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Scansano

Capalbio

Gavorrano

RoccastradaCivitella

Paganico

Cinigiano

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MONTE ARGENTARIO, Panorama

An itinerary that retraces the routes of Etruscan commerce from inland cit-

ies to coastal towns. From the western slopes of Mount Amiata we reach the sea and the portion of coast vied for between the Etruscan towns of Vetulonia and Roselle, location of Argentario and part of southern Tuscany. From the heart of Etruria, we move between the hills until we dock in the ports that the Etruscans reached above all through the Ombrone course and its rivers; at the time, the riv-ers saw a continuous flow of ships brim-ming over with goods. The products that were most exported by the Etruscans included wine, oil, cereals, metals, ce-ramic goods and bronze. Having reached the sea, the cities heaved with life: trad-ers loaded the ships up to then sail the waves towards nearby destinations such as Sicily and Sardinia but also towards more faraway impervious places such as Cyprus, Greece, the Spanish and French coasts and even Syria. In a journey be-tween land and sea, this itinerary allows you to appreciate the mountainous land-scape of central inland Etruria and the more lagoon and coastal areas, today scattered with oases of nature, enchant-ing ports, castles and villages nestling in the hills, museums and incredible ar-chaeological parks.

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The roads of the land and seaA journey that from the heart of Etruria reaches the sea, discovering the intense commercial trades that were a part of Etruscan civilisation in the Mediterranean

ARCHEO TREKKING

ARGENTARIO, OPEN SEALength: 16 km / Difficulty level: intermediateDeparture point: Porto Santo Stefano (Monte Argentario, GR)This extremely panoramic itinerary starts from Porto Santo Stefano and extends along the hills that border the Rio Campone Valley on the Argentario promontory. Cross-ing the north-western areas of the promon-tory reaches all the way to the Capo d’Uomo Tower, an ancient lookout point from which you can see all the way to the coast of Cor-sica.

MAREMMA PARK, Panorama

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Castiglion Fiorentino

Cortona

Chianciano Terme

Chiusi

Sarteano

Sorano

Pitigliano

Grosseto (Rosselle)

Castiglione della Pescaia(Vetulonia)

Murlo

CASTIGLIONFIORENTINOUnderground route

CHIUSIEtruscan Sphynx, National Etruscan Museum

GROSSETORoselle Archaeological Area

CORTONATabula Cortonensis, MAEC

SARTEANOQuadriga Infernale

CASTIGLIONE DELLA PESCAIAIsidoro Falchi Civic Museum of Archaeology in Vetulonia

PITIGLIANOCivic Museum of Archaeology

CHIANCIANO TERMECivic Museum of Archaeology

SORANOVie Cave

MURLOMuseum

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How did the Etruscans influence con-temporary life? In these ten steps

we can explore the characteristic as-pects of this people through fascinat-ing villages, museums, archaeological sites, stopping to look at the stories and interesting facts on their customs and their way of life. An itinerary centred above all on the top-quality museums and archaeological sites - some of the best in central Italy - looking more in depth at certain characteristic aspects of the Etruscans such as the organisa-tion in the city-state and the particular importance given to the funeral culture that led them to create extended, mon-umental necropolises. From Castiglion Fiorentino, with the materials of the Cassero temple, to Cortona where you can visit the Museum of the Etruscan Academy and City and the monumental Sodo tombs, to the opposite slope of the Chiana Valley with the Chiusi metropo-lis, the dominant city in Etruscan times and the only one in Tuscany where you can still see painted tombs dating back to 50 BC, all the way to Sarteano which is famous for the Quadriga Infernale Tomb (400 BC) or the Civic Museum of Archaeology in Chianciano Terme. The route continues with the ruined necrop-olises of Sovana (Sorano) and Pitigliano and a visit to the archaeological parks of Roselle and Vetulonia, n the civic mu-seums of Grosseto and Vetulonia itself all the way to the royal palace dating to the VII-VI centuries BC of Murlo, in Pog-gio Civitate, an unmissable stop.

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Etruscan PassionAn Etruscan epic through cities, museums and archaeological sites in Southern Tuscany

ARCHEO TREKKING

THE ANCIENT RAILWAY OF THE MURLO MINESLength: 15.6 km / Difficulty level: intermediateDeparture point: Murlo Mines (Murlo, SI)People of Murlo, people of Etruria... By fol-lowing the tracks of the ancient wood coal mines of Murlo, this itinerary introduces us to a savage, little-anthropized landscape, where ancient human activities have left indelible traces. In fact, having left the semi-aban-doned village of “Le Miniere”, we scramble up the mountains that dominate the valley of the Crevole river where we can find evidence of human activity from the Etruscan period all the way to contemporary industrial ar-chaeology.

CHIUSI, Civic Museum “La Città Sotterranea”

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Abbadia S. SalvatoreIAT, Viale Roma, 10 53021 Abbadia San Salvatore (SI) Tel. 0577 770361 visitabbadia.com - info@cittadellefiaccole.it AscianoTourist Office, Corso Matteotti, 126 53041 Asciano (SI) / Tel. 0577 719524 www.cretesenesi.com - info@cretesenesi.comCapalbioTourist Office, Via Collacchioni, 2 58011 Capalbio (GR) / Tel. 0564 896611 www.comune.capalbio.gr.it ufficioturisticocapalbio@comCastiglion FiorentinoTourist Information Office, Piazza Risorgimento, 19 52043 Castiglion Fiorentino (AR) Tel. 0577 658278 prolococastiglionf.no@gmail.comCastiglione della PescaiaIAT, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 6 58043 Castiglione della Pescaia (GR) Tel. 0564 933678www.turismocastiglionedellapescaia.it iat@comune. castiglionedellapescaia.gr.itCastiglione d’OrciaTel. 0577 888986www.comune.castiglionedorcia.siena.it museicastiglione@gmail.comChianciano TermeIAT, Piazza Italia, 6753042 Chianciano Terme (SI) Tel. 0578 671122 www.prolocochiancianoterme.it chiancianotermeinfo@terresiena.it

ChiusiIAT, via Porsenna, 79 - 53043 Chiusi Tel. 0578 227667 www.prolocochiusi.it - info@prolocochiusi.itCinigianoPro Loco, Piazzale Cap. Bruchi, 5 58044 Cinigiano (GR) Tel. 0564 994187www.prolococinigiano.comaplc.cinigiano@gmail.comCivitella in Val di ChianaTourist Information Office,Civitella in Val di Chiana (AR)fraz. Badia al Pino, corso Italia (Civic Library) Tel. 0575 445303 www.civichiana.it - turismo@civichiana.itCivitella PaganicoTourist Office, Corso Fagarè, 4258045 Paganico (GR) / Tel. 328 5610254www.turismo.civitellapaganico.infoturismo@civitellapaganico.infoCortonaTourist Office, Piazza Signorelli, palazzo Casali, 9 - 52044 Cortona (AR) / Tel. 0575 637274www.comunedicortona.it/turismo-e-culturainfocortona@comune.cortona.ar.itFoiano della ChianaPro Loco - Ufficio Turistico,Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 1,52045 - Foiano della Chiana (AR) Tel. 0575 643244 www.comune.foiano.ar.itGavorranoPro Loco, Via Vittorio Veneto, 1658023 Gavorrano (GR) / Tel. 0566 846282 prolocogavorrano.wordpress.comprolocogavorrano@gmail.com

GrossetoTourist Information Office Maremma Sud, Corso G. Carducci, 5, 58100 Grosseto (GR) Tel. 0564 488573 www.quimaremmatoscana.it info@grossetoturismo.itLucignanoProloco Via Giacomo Matteotti, 38, 52046 Lucignano (AR) / Tel. 0575 837723 www.prolocolucignano.com prolocolucignano@alice.itMonte ArgentarioTourist Information OfficePorto S. Stefano Piazzale del Valle (GR) Tel 0564 332075turistico@comune.monteargentario.gr.itTourist Information OfficePorto Ercole Piazza RomaTel 0564 811979 turistico.pss@comune.monteargentario.gr.it www.prolocomonteargentario.itMonte San SavinoProloco, Piazza Gamurrini, 352048 Monte San Savino (SI)Tel. 0575 849418 www.prolocomontesansavino.itinfo@prolocomontesansavino.itMontepulcianoTourist Information Office, Piazza Don Minzoni, 1, 53045, Montepulciano (SI) Tel. 0578 757341 www.montepulcianoliving.it info@prolocomontepulciano.it Monteroni d’ArbiaProloco, Via Corsano Grotti, 790Ville di Corsano / Tel. 0577 372104 proloco@villedicorsano.itMurloProloco, Piazza della Carceri, 1753016 Murlo (SI) / Tel. 0577 814099 www.prolocomurlo.it - info@prolocomurlo.itPienzaTourist Information Office PienzaCorso Il Rossellino, 30 - 53026 - Pienza (SI) Tel. 0578 749905info.turismo@comune.pienza.si.it www.comune.pienza.si.itPitiglianoTourist Information Office, Piazza G. Garibaldi 10, 58017 Pitigliano (GR)Tel. 0564 617111 www.comune.pitigliano.gr.it iat@comune.pitigliano.gr.itRoccastradaComune di Roccastrada, Corso Roma, 8 58036 Roccastrada (GR) / Tel. 0564-561111proloco_rocca@hotmail.it

San Casciano dei BagniTourist Office, Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 14, 53040 San Casciano dei Bagni (SI)Tel. 0578 58141 www.comune.sancascianodeibagni.si.it ufficioturistico@sancascianodeibagni.orgSan Quirico d’OrciaTourist Office, Via Dante Alighieri, 33, 53027 San Quirico d’Orcia (SI)Tel. 0577 899728www.comunesanquirico.it/area-turismoufficioturistico@comune.sanquiricodorcia.si.itSanta FioraProloco, piazza Garibaldi 37 58037 Santa Fiora (GR) / Tel. 0564 977142 www.santafioraturismo.itinfo@santafioraturismo.itSarteanoTourist Office, corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 9 53047 Sarteano (SI) / Tel. 0578 269204www.sarteanoliving.it turismo@comune.sarteano.si.itScansanoProloco, via XX Settembre, 3458054 Scansano (GR) / Tel. 340 2808140 www.comune.scansano.gr.itsettembre.scansano@gmail.comSempronianoProloco Tourist Information Office, Piazza del Popolo, 15, 58055 Semproniano (GR) Tel. 0564 987164 www.comune.semproniano.gr.itSinalungaProloco, Piazza della Stazione, 3153048 Sinalunga (SI) / Tel. 333 8166793 www.ufficioturisticosinalunga.orgufficioturisticosinalunga@gmail.comSoranoTourist Information Office, Piazza Busatti - 58010 Sorano (GR)Tel. 0564 633099 Palazzo Pretorio, Piazza del Pretorio58010 Sovana, Sorano (GR) / Tel. 0564 614074 www.leviecave.it - info@leviecave.itTorrita di SienaTourist Office Pro Loco, Via Ottavio Maestri, 22 Torrita di Siena (SI) / Tel. 0577 686571www.prolocotorritadisiena.itinfo@prolocotorritadisiena.itTrequandaProloco, via Roma, 2 - 53020 Trequanda (SI)Tel. 0577 662296 www.trequandaproloco.it info@trequandaproloco.it

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Etruscan Museums and parks

Abbadia S. Salvatore (SI)Mineral Museum ParkPiazzale Renato Rossaro, 653021 Abbadia S. SalvatoreTel. 0577 778324www.museominerario.it

Asciano (SI)Palazzo Corboli Civic Museum of Archaeology and Sacred ArtCorso Matteotti, 122 - 53041 AscianoTel. 0577-714450 / 348 0847875palazzocorboli@museisenesi.org

Castiglion Fiorentino (AR) Castiglionese Museum System (Cassero Area, Civic Museum of Archaeology, Underground Archaeological Route)Via del Tribunale, 8 / Tel. 0575-659457info@museicastiglionfiorentino.it

Castiglione della Pescaia (GR)Vetulonia National Archaeological SiteVia dei sepolcri s.n.c. /Tel. 0564 949587www.polomusealetoscana.beniculturali.itmariangela.turchetti@beniculturali.it--Civic Museum of Archaeology “Isidoro Falchi”Piazza Vetulonia 1,58043, loc. Vetulonia, Castiglione della Pescaia (GR)Tel.0564 927241 /museovetulonia@libero.itwww.museoisidorofalchi.it

Chianciano Terme (SI) Civic Museum of ArchaeologyViale Dante, 80 - 53042 Chianciano TermeTel. 0578 30471 - 0578 652305 (Ufficio Cultura del Comune)www.museoetrusco.it

Chiusi (SI)Civic Museum “La Città sotterranea”Civic Museum: Via Il Ciminia, 2 - Chiusi Tel. 0578 20915 museocivicochiusi@gmail.com--Museum of the Cathedral – Porsenna LabyrinthPiazza Duomo, 7 - Chiusi Città (SI)Tel. 0578 22697 - museocattchiusi@alice.it--National Etruscan MuseumVia Porsenna, 93Tel. +39 0578 20177pm-tos.museochiusi@beniculturali.itCortona (AR)MAEC – Museum of the Etruscan Academy and the City of CortonaPiazza Signorelli, 9 - 52044 Cortona (AR)Tel.0575 630415 / info@cortonamaec.org cortonamaec.org

Gavorrano (GR)Rocca di Frassinello Etruscan Documentation CentreLoc. Giuncarico - Cantina Rocca di Frassinello – Gavorrano (GR)Info e prenotazioni: 0566.88400 Email: visite@roccadifrassinello.it

Grosseto (GR)Roselle Archaeological SiteVia dei Ruderi – loc. Roselle, Grosseto (GR)Tel. 0564 402403 mariangela.turchetti@beniculturali--Maremma Museum of Archaeology and ArtPiazza Baccarini, 3 – GrossetoTel. 0564-488752maam@comune.grosseto.it

Lucignano (AR)Lucignano Council MuseumPiazza del Tribunale 22 - 52046 Lucignano (AR)Tel.0575 838001 / www.visitlucignano.it

Monte Argentario (GR)Permanent exhibitions of the Spanish Fortress: Forgotten Memories and ShipwrightsPiazzale del governatore - Porto Santo Stefano Info e prenotazioni: 0564 810681 / 0564 811970cultura@comune.monteargentario.gr.it

Montepulciano (SI)Crociani Art Gallery and Civic MuseumPalazzo Neri OrselliVia Ricci, 10 - 53045 MontepulcianoTel. 0578 717300www.museocivicomontepulciano.it

Murlo (SI)Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate Archaeological MuseumPiazza della Cattedrale, 4 - 53016 MurloTel. 0577 814099email: poggiocivitate@museisenesi.org

Pienza (SI)Archaeological Museum of PienzaPiazza San Carlo, 12Tel. +39 0578 749796

Pitigliano (GR)Pitigliano Civic Archaeological MuseumsPiazza Fortezza Orsini, 59c - 58017 PitiglianoTel. 0564 614067museo@comune.pitigliano.gr.it

San Casciano dei Bagni (SI)Stanze CassianensiPiazza della Repubblica, 4 San Casciano dei Bagni (SI)Tel. 39057858141www.sancascianobagni.comufficioturistico@sancascianodeibagni.org

Santa Fiora (GR)Museum of the Mercury Mines of Mount AmiataPiazza Garibaldi, Santa FioraTel.3281113419 minieredimercurio@gmail.comwww.minieredimercurio.it

Sarteano (SI)Civic Museum of ArchaeologyVia Roma, 24 - 53047 SarteanoTel. 0578 269261 - 0578 269212 info.museo@comune.sarteano.si.itwww.museosarteano.it/

Scansano (GR)Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Life and WinePiazza del Pretorio - Centro Storico ScansanoInfo e prenotazioni: 0564 509106 / 0564 509411musei@comune.scansano.gr.it

Sinalunga (SI)Etruscan Rooms of Larth and San Giustino necropolisEtruscan Rooms of LarthVia Spadaforte n. 31 and the archaeological site in Sinalunga - località San GiustinoTel. 333 8166793ufficioturisticosinalunga@gmail.comwww.comune.sinalunga.si.it

Sorano (GR)“Città del Tufo” Archaeological ParkS.P. 22 Sovana – San Martino sul Fiora, SoranoTel. 0564 614074 / 0564 633099www.leviecave.it

Trequanda (SI)Pallavicini Archaeological CollectionReservations must be made at least 48 hours in advance on the following number at the Council: 0578 269590museo@comune.trequanda.siena.it

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CHIUSI, Canopo di Dolciano, National Etruscan Museum

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CORTONA, Sodo Archaeological Area

Tuscany

Toscana Terra Etrusca was founded to valorise the great historical-artistic heritage of the Etruscans in Tuscany with a top-quality tourism proposal. To this end, the participating Councils – led by Chiusi –have each adhered to the tourism product through a convention under Regional Law no. 86 dated 20 December 2016 “Consolidated Law on the regional tourism system” that has innovated tourism, and which saw the introduction of the homogenous tourism product which defines all the characteristics and services of a territory that make up an offer that can fulfil the demands of specific segments of tourist requirements.

The participating Councils refer to the provinces of Arezzo, Grosseto and Siena and are the following: Abbadia San Salvatore, Asciano, Capalbio, Castiglion Fiorentino, Castiglione della Pescaia, Castiglione d’Orcia, Chianciano Terme, Chiusi (coordinator), Cinigiano, Civitella in Val di Chiana, Civitella Paganico, Cortona, Foiano della Chiana, Gavorrano, Grosseto, Lucignano, Monte Argentario, Monte San Savino, Montepulciano, Monteroni d’Arbia, Murlo, Pienza, Pitigliano, Roccastrada, San Casciano dei Bagni, San Quirico d’Orcia, Santa Fiora, Sarteano, Scansano, Semproniano, Sinalunga, Sorano, Torrita di Siena, Trequanda.

This publication is the result of a contribution by Regione Toscana, February 2020.

The “Toscana Terra Etrusca” tourism product

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