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.Photo: Battlelight, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Louis-garden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vulci and Tomb of Cuccumella.
Vulci
Photo: Ronnlund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Tulumnes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tomb of Cuccumella is situated 440 metres southeast of François Tomb.
Ponte dell’Abbadia
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
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″ northLongitude
11.63911° or 11° 38′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8FJHCJ9Q+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 122413575OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q774929
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tosk Albanian—“François Tomb” goes by many names.
- 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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