Museo Nazionale Etrusco | |
 Facade of theVilla Giulia in Rome, home of the National Etruscan Museum. | |
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| Established | 1889 |
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| Location | Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9Rome,Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°55′06″N12°28′40″E / 41.9183°N 12.4778°E /41.9183; 12.4778 |
| Type | Archaeological Museum |
| Website | museoetru.it |
TheNational Etruscan Museum (Italian:Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is amuseum dedicated to theEtruscan andFaliscan civilizations, housed in theVilla Giulia inRome,Italy. It is the most important Etruscan museum in the world.
The villa was built forPopeJulius III, for whom it was named. It remained in papal property until 1870, when, in the wake of theRisorgimento and the demise of thePapal States, it became the property of theKingdom of Italy. The museum was founded in 1889 as part of the same nationalistic movement, with the aim of collecting together all the pre-Romanantiquities ofLatium, southernEtruria andUmbria belonging to the Etruscan andFaliscan civilizations, and has been housed in the villa since the beginning of the 20th century.
The museum's most famous single treasure is theterracotta funerary monument, the almost life-sizeBride and Groom (the so-calledSarcofago degli Sposi, orSarcophagus of the Spouses), reclining as if they were at a dinner party.
Other objects held are:
Media related toMuseo Nazionale di Villa Giulia at Wikimedia Commons| Preceded by Museo nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia | Landmarks of Rome National Etruscan Museum | Succeeded by Museo Nazionale Romano |
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