François Tomb

The François Tomb is an important painted Etruscan tomb from the Ponte Rotto Necropolis in the Etruscan city of Vulci, Lazio, in central Italy. It was discovered in 1857 by Alessandro François and Adolphe Noël des Vergers.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vulci and Tomb of Cuccumella.

Vulci

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Vulci is a former Etruscan city in northern Lazio in Italy. It is now deserted but many of the Etruscan ruins found in excavations from 1828 onwards of an extensive Necropolis are housed in a former castle.

Tomb of Cuccumella

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Tomb of Cuccumella is situated 440 metres southeast of François Tomb.

Ponte dell’Abbadia

Bridge

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Ponte dell’Abbadia is a bridge, which is situated 1½ km northwest of François Tomb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montalto di Castro.

Montalto di Castro

Village

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Montalto di Castro is a comune in the province of Viterbo, in the Italian region of Lazio, located about 90 kilometres northwest of Rome and about 40 kilometres west of Viterbo. Montalto di Castro is situated 8 km south of François Tomb.

François Tomb

Type: Archaeological site
Description: important painted Etruscan tomb from the Ponte Rotto Necropolis in the Etruscan city of Vulci that was discovered in 1857
Categories: Etruscan grave, historical civil building museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Canino, Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

42.41752° or 42° 25′ 3″ north

Longitude

11.63911° or 11° 38′ 21″ east

Open location code

8FJHCJ9Q+2J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 122413575

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q774929

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Tosk Albanian—“François Tomb” goes by many names.

Basque: “François hilobia”
Catalan: “Tomba François”
Dutch: “François Tomb”
French: “tombe François”
French: “Tombe François”
German: “Tomba François”
Italian: “Tomba François”
Japanese: “フランソワの墓”
Polish: “Grób François”
Portuguese: “Tumba François”
Russian: “Гробница Франсуа”
Russian: “Могила Франсуа”
Slovenian: “Françoisova grobnica”
Spanish: “Tumba François”
Swiss German: “Tomba François z Volci”
Tosk Albanian: “Tomba François”

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Highlights include Tomba del Delfino and Area di Ponte Rotto.

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