Tomb of the Leopards
The Tomb of the Leopards is an Etruscan burial chamber so called for the confronted leopards painted above a banquet scene. The tomb is located within the Necropolis of Monterozzi, near Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy, and dates to around 470–450 BC.- Type: Tomb
- Description: Etruscan burial complex
- Also known as: “Wall Paintings, Tomb of the Leopards”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tomb of the Whipping and Tomba Claudio Bettini.
Tomb of the Whipping
Tomb
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 160 metres northwest of Tomb of the Leopards.
Tomba Claudio Bettini
Tomb
Photo: Fabiobettini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tomba Claudio Bettini is situated 130 metres northwest of Tomb of the Leopards.
Tomb of the Blue Demons
The Tomb of the Blue Demons is an Etruscan tomb in the Necropolis of Monterozzi near Tarquinia, Italy. It was discovered in 1985. The tomb is named after the blue and black-skinned demons which appear in an underworld scene on the right wall. Tomb of the Blue Demons is situated 120 metres west of Tomb of the Leopards.
Tomb of the Leopards
- Categories: archaeological site, building, historic site, and burial
- Location: Tarquinia, Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.24856° or 42° 14′ 55″ northLongitude
11.77178° or 11° 46′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8FJH6QXC+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 108144221OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q122664
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Spanish—“Tomb of the Leopards” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Грабніца Леапардаў”
- Catalan: “Tomba dels Lleopards”
- Chinese: “豹墓”
- Chinese: “豹子墓”
- Croatian: “Grobnica leoparda”
- Dutch: “Tomb of the Leopards”
- French: “tombe des Léopards”
- French: “Tombe des Léopards”
- German: “Grab der Leoparden”
- German: “Tomba dei Leopardi”
- Italian: “Tomba dei Leopardi”
- Japanese: “豹の墓”
- Polish: “Grób lampartów”
- Slovenian: “Grobnica leopardov”
- Spanish: “Tumba de los leopardos”
- Spanish: “Tumba de los Leopardos”
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