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Comune di Tarquinia
Coat of arms of Comune di Tarquinia
Municipal coat of arms
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Lazio
Province Province of Viterbo (VT)
Mayor Mauro Mazzola
Elevation 132 m (433 ft)
Area 279. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For the football club see SS Lazio Lazio ( Latium in Latin) is a regione of central In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Viterbo (Provincia di Viterbo is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. 50 km² (108 sq mi)
Population (as of 2004-12-31)
 - Total 15,910
 - Density 57/km² (148/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 42°14′57″N, 11°45′22″E
Gentilic Tarquiniesi
Dialing code 0766
Postal code 01016
Frazioni Tarquinia Lido
Patron Madonna di Valverde
 - Day Saturday of May
Website: www.tarquinia.net
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
A fresco in the Etruscan Tomb of the Leopards.
State Party Flag of Italy Italy
Type Cultural
Criteria i, iii, iv
Reference 1158
Region† Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 2004  (28th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
† Region as classified by UNESCO.

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History

Tarquinii (Etruscan Tarchnal) is said to have been already a flourishing city when Demaratus of Corinth brought in Greek workmen. Demaratus was the father of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome and the grandfather of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh It was the chief of the twelve cities of Etruria, and appears in the earliest history of Rome as the home of two of its kings, Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus. Etruscan cities flourished over most of Italy during the Roman Iron Age, marking the farthest extent of Etruscan civilization. The History of the city of Rome spans 2800 years of the existence of a city that grew from a small Italian village in the 9th century BC into the center Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, also called Tarquin the Elder or Tarquin I, was held by ancient tradition to be the fifth King of Rome, said to have reigned Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (also called Tarquin the Proud or Tarquin II) was the last of the seven Legendary Kings of Rome, son of Tarquinius From it many of the religious rites and ceremonies of Rome are said to have been derived, and even in imperial times a collegium of sixty haruspices continued to exist there. In Roman practice inherited from the Etruscans, a haruspex (plural haruspices) was a man trained to practice a form of Divination called haruspicy The people of Tarquinii and Veii attempted to restore Tarquinius Superbus to the throne after his expulsion. Veii (pron WAY-ee or VAY-ee also Veius) was in ancient times an important Etrurian city 16 km NNW of Rome, Italy; its site lies in the modern

In 358 BCE the citizens of Tarquinii captured and put to death 307 Roman soldiers; the resulting war ended in 351 with a forty years' truce, renewed for a similar period in 308. Events By place Persian Empire Artaxerxes III ("Ochus" succeeds Artaxerxes II as King of Persia and restores When Tarquinii came under Roman domination is uncertain, as is also the date at which it became a municipality; in 181 BCE its port, Graviscae (mod. Events By place Egypt Ptolemy V is poisoned after a reign of 24 years in which the Egyptian kingdom has declined in power and Porto Clementino), in an unhealthy position on the low coast, became a Roman colony. It exported wine and carried on coral fisheries. Nor do we hear much of it in Roman times; it lay on the hills above the coast road. The flax and forests of its extensive territory are mentioned by classical authors, and we find Tarquinii offering to furnish Scipio with sailcloth in 195 BCE. A bishop of Tarquinii is mentioned in 456. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Capua is destroyed by the Vandals.

A night view of Tarquinia with the Priori Palace.
A night view of Tarquinia with the Priori Palace.

The original site of the Etruscan city of Tarquinia, known as the "Civita", is on the long plateau to the north of the current town. The two coexisted for most of the early middle ages, with Tarquinia dwindling to a small fortified settlement on the "Castellina" location, and the more strategically placed Corneto (possibly the "Corito" mentioned in Roman sources) growing progressively to become the major city of the lower Maremma sea coast, especially after the destruction of the port of Centumcellae (modern Civitavecchia). The last historic references to Tarquinia are from around 1250, while the name of Corneto was changed to Tarquinia in 1934. Reversion to historical place names (not always accurately), was a frequent phenomenon under the Fascist Government of Italy as part of the nationalist campaign to evoke past glories.

Main sights

The Vitelleschi Palace, home to the National Museum of Tarquinia.
The Vitelleschi Palace, home to the National Museum of Tarquinia.
Tomba della Fustigazione (Flogging Grave), an Etruscan burial site. End of the 6th century b.c. two men are portrayed flagellating a woman with a cane and a hand during an erotic situation.
Tomba della Fustigazione (Flogging Grave), an Etruscan burial site. Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy End of the 6th century b. c. two men are portrayed flagellating a woman with a cane and a hand during an erotic situation.

Twin towns

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