Necropoli dell’Infernaccio

Necropoli dell’Infernaccio is an archaeological site in Tarquinia, Viterbo, Lazio. Necropoli dell’Infernaccio is situated near the archaeological site Tomba del Maestro delle Olimpiadi, as well as near the park Parco della Repubblica Di Fedonia.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Tomb of Orcus and Tomb of the Whipping.

Tomb of Orcus

Archaeological site

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The Tomb of Orcus, sometimes called the Tomb of Murina, is a 4th-century BC Etruscan hypogeum in Tarquinia, Italy. Discovered in 1868, it displays Hellenistic influences in its remarkable murals, which include the portrait of Velia Velcha, an Etruscan noblewoman, and the only known pictorial representation of the daemon Tuchulcha. Tomb of Orcus is situated 1¼ km east of Necropoli dell’Infernaccio.

Tomb of the Whipping

Tomb

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The Tomb of the Whipping is an Etruscan tomb in the Necropolis of Monterozzi near Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy. It is dated to approximately 490 BC and named after a fresco of two men who flog a woman in an erotic context. Tomb of the Whipping is situated 730 metres northeast of Necropoli dell’Infernaccio.