The Marzabotto National Etruscan Museum

The settlement, which was established in the second half of the 6^th century BC as a modest village, developed over the following century to become a veritable city, with roads, houses, shops and kilns, as well as two necropolises. With the arrival of the Galli Boi tribe in the 4^th century, the city was abandoned and never occupied again on a permanent basis, thus providing us today with an outstanding example of an Etruscan city with an extraordinarily well preserved urban layout. One can see the chest-shaped tombs in the necropolis and the foundations of the buildings. The strategic position of this large settlement is easily understood: it was located along the main route through the Apennines linking the ancient city of Felsina (Bologna) and the Padanian Etruria territories with Tyrrhenian Etruria.

Address: Via Porrettana Sud, 13 - 40043 Marzabotto (BO).
Tel. +39 051932353 - E-mail: sar-ero.museonazionaletrusco@beniculturali.it

For more information: www.archeobologna.beniculturali.it/marzabotto