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Toscana Terra Etrusca Tourist and cultural itineraries discovering the Etruscans in Southern

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ENG Discovering the Etruscans The cultural, artistic and architectural traces left in Southern Tuscany by the Etruscans - a people that has always been portrayed as enigmatic and mysterious - are still an integral part of the history, cities and landscapes of that which once was the very heart of . A heritage that is still largely accessible to visit, get to know and explore in the extraordinary villages founded by the Etruscan people, thanks also to a system of museums and archaeological sites scattered throughout the nature and landscapes of Tuscany. The means, eras and territories through which Etruscan civilisation developed in Tuscany are multiple, at least as many as the itineraries proposed to take you on a discovery of this people of farmers, urban planners, metalworkers, warriors, artists, traders, navigators, artisans and travellers.

Visits include museums and archaeological sites of the Councils adhering to Toscana Terra Etrusca and the Regional Management of Museums in Tuscany. The archaeological museums and sites are part of the following museum systems: • Musei > www.valdichianamusei.it • Musei di > www.museidimaremma.it • Fondazione Musei Senesi > www.museisenesi.org • Direzione Regionale Musei della Toscana > www.polomusealetoscana.beniculturali.it , Tomb of the Quadriga Infernale For information, bookings and other experiences to introduce you to the unique aspects of each area (e.g., trekking, guided tours, wine and cuisine, workshops, art), you can refer directly to the tourist information offices and individual museums and archaeological sites, or the regional portal #toscanaterraetrusca visittuscany.com

3 The water roads - Itinerary 1 4 Index Dedicated to the Etruscans’ profound relationship with water, experiencing wellbeing and nature

The stone roads - Itinerary 2 6

A leap into the past in the mysterious primordial paths of the heart of Etruria

The wine roads - Itinerary 3 8

Discovering the wines of the land of the Etruscans between archaeology and millennia of traditions

The olive oil roads - Itinerary 4 10

The yellow gold of Etruria: from the land to the table via ancient relics

The grain roads - Itinerary 5 12

On the tracks of the golden grains, cities and relics in the cultivated lands of the Etruscans

The roads of the Etruscans’ sacred mountains - Itinerary 6 14

Discovering the Etruscans’ sacred mountains: an itinerary in Amiata, Val di Chiana, Val d’Orcia and Maremma immersed in uncontaminated nature

The roads of the land and sea - Itinerary 7 16

From the heart of Etruria to the sea: trade routes and travelling in the valley Etruscan passion - Itinerary 8 18

An Etruscan epic through cities, museums and archaeological sites in Southern Tuscany

CHIUSI, The Monkey Tomb Tourist information offices 20

Etruscan Museums and parks 22

Each museum or archaeological site offers guided visits in foreign languages, didactic workshops for example on the working of ceramics, the , goldsmithing, Etruscan banquets and much more, depending on the students’ ages. You can also combine your visit to museums and archaeological parks with treks and nature walks with specialised environmental guides.

5 ITINERARY 1 STAGES

Chiusi Sarteano CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA, The water roads San Quirico d’Orcia Discovering the Etruscans’ relationship with water, Castiglione d’Orcia the foundation of life and civilisation (Bagni San Filippo)

1 2 3 ater: a vital element for all civilisa- CHIUSI SARTEANO CHIANCIANO TERME Wtions, essential for everyday life, Labyrinth of Porsenna Quadriga Infernale Archaeological Museum it was for the Etruscans as for other of Chianciano Terme peoples, a sacred object of worship. This itinerary explores the places where Etruscans and other ancient peoples exploited the precious thermal springs, rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Underneath Chiusi winds am intricate 4 5 6 7 system of tunnels that you can explore Lake of CHIUSI MONTEPULCIANO SAN QUIRICO D’ORCIA CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA SAN CASCIANO DEI during a visit to the Labyrinth of Porsen- Chianciano Terme, the perfect destina- Lake of Montepulciano Bagni San Filippo BAGNI na or the “the Underground City” Civic Bagno Grande tion for wellbeing of the body. For more museum, relics of the capillary stor- information on the Etruscan civilisation, age of waters; relaxing on the banks of in Sarteano you can find the Civic Muse- the lakes of Montepulciano and Chiusi um of Archaeology and the Tomb of the (both sites of great community impor- Quadriga Infernale, shrouded in legend tance, linked to the Sentiero della Boni- and ancient beauty. 4 fica [Path of the Reclaimed Land], which runs for more than 60km between Chi- Montepulciano usi and and which can also be 5 3 travelled by bike) we can take in an en- San Quirico chanting natural habitat already known ARCHEO TREKKING Chianciano d’Orcia Terme to the Etruscans who used to exploit its agricultural resources. Used for thou- 1 THE “WHITE WHALE” sands of years, the small baths of hot Chiusi water in Bagni San Filippo are enclosed Length: 10.5 km / Difficulty level: easy by magical white limestone formations Departure point: Bagni San Filippo 2 The Val d’Orcia, an apparently gentle land, such as the striking Fosso Bianco, also Sarteano known as the “White Whale”. In Bagno instead hides strong, intense natural forces that have always conditioned its landscape Vignoni, on the other hand, you can and the life of those who have inhabited it admire the extraordinary basin in the over the years. This brief but intense itin- 6 centre of the little village, still today a erary unveils these natural forces: you can thermal treasure trove. Just a little fur- hear the gurgling of the volcanic gas of the Bagni ther south, in San Casciano dei Bagni, river waters, see the intense colours of the San Filippo people have known about the therapeu- land and finally be peacefully lulled by the 7 tic properties of the mineral-thermal beneficial, hot sulphurous waters of the nat- ural baths under the small village of Bagni waters since ancient times, just like in San Casciano San Filippo. dei Bagni 6 7 ITINERARY 2 STAGES

Castiglione della Pescaia () (Roselle) The stone roads A leap into the past in six legs taking in the civilisation, urban planning and architecture of in the heart of Tuscany 1 CASTIGLIONE DELLA PESCAIA Vetulonia PITIGLIANO, panorama visit to Etruscan monuments in Tus- Acan villages is a unique experience. Starting from the beauty of Mount Ar- gentario, a promontory wedged deeply in the sea, we find , a sea town that owes the origins of its name to the Etruscans themselves. We pass through 2 4 5 6 Capalbio, the last village of the Maremma, GROSSETO CAPALBIO PITIGLIANO SORANO Roselle Panorama Necropolis of San () Vie cave the fortified medieval village strategically Giovanni placed on the coastal plain. We then leap GROSSETO, Roselle Archaeological Area into the “città del tufo”: Sorano, Sovana and Pitigliano; the latter - known as “Lit- representative Etruscan cities, just like in tle Jerusalem” because of its long-stand- Vetulonia, with its splendid necropolises ing Jewish community – is home to the and graves which blend in harmoniously Roselle with the surrounding landscape. Town Archaeological Museums, demon- 2 strating all its splendour not only in the 1 Grosseto Roman aqueduct but also in the open-air Castiglione “Alberto Manzi” Archaeological Museum della Pescaia 6 where you can visit the reconstruction ARCHEO TREKKING Sorano of an Etruscan home and the rocky ne- cropolises from archaic and Hellenistic times. In Sorano you simply must visit ARGENTARIO, 5 the Vie Cave: mysterious passages in FAR FROM THE CROWDS the tufa rock to be explored by foot, en- Length: 15 km / Difficulty level: medium Pitigliano joying the shadow-plays and fairy-tale Departure point: Porto Ercole primordial views. A short distance from The itinerary crosses the luxurious woods of the the “Cavone” Via Cava you can visit the southern side of the Argentario promontory and spectacular Ildebranda Tomb, dug out of starting from the historical centre of Porto Ercole the tufa rock: one of the most important reaches the Monastery of the Presentation in the funerary monuments in Etruria. Temple known as the Monastery of the Passion- Continuing north-west, we find Roselle, ists. The itinerary takes us across the Leopoldine 4 aqueduct – by now enveloped in the Mediterra- where time seems to have stopped still: nean scrub - several times, and after a climb that 3 Capalbio in this archaeological site you can let never ceases to surprise, you arrive at the highest your mind wander to one of the most point of the excursion from where you can enjoy Monte Argentario a breath-taking view of the entire lagoon. 8 ITINERARY 3 STAGES

Cortona 1 Torrita di Montepulciano Etruscan Lamp, MAEC San Quirico d’Orcia The wine roads Castiglione d’Orcia Discovering the wines of the land of the Etruscans Pitigliano in ten legs between archaeological relics and millennia-long traditions Grosseto (Roselle) 2 Civitella of GAVORRANO, panorama ine is a precious treasure that the WEtruscans produced in large quan- tities and traded throughout the Mediter- ranean. This itinerary follows the roads of wine, searching out the Etruscan civ- ilisation. Starting in Cortona and its rich

past (you simply cannot miss the Etrus- 6 7 8 10 can Academy Museum and the archae- PITIGLIANO SCANSANO GROSSETO CIVITELLA ological park) we pass through Torrita Open-air Alberto Manzi Archaeological Museum Maremma Museum of PAGANICO di Siena, a village surrounded by olive Archaeological Museum Archaeology and Art Panorama groves and vineyards - where in Monte- follonico the famous Vin Santo is pro- duced - to reach Montepulciano, known 1 for its wines and underground wine cel- MONTEPULCIANO, panorama lars where the Civic Museum conserves Cortona 2 some important Etruscan finds. In San Quirico d’Orcia, villages brimming over Torrita di ARCHEO TREKKING San Quirico Siena with natural and historical beauty, a sim- d’Orcia ple walk along the alleyways and streets 4 3 is enough to immerse yourself in the THE GREAT BEAUTY ancient origins and savour the typical Length: 16 km / Difficulty level: intermediate Montepulciano dishes. Between Pitigliano and Scansa- Departure point: Castiglione d’Orcia (SI) 5 no, two stops of wine-producing and ar- chaeological importance that shouldn’t The rolling hills surrounding the splendid vil- Castiglione lage of San Quirico d’Orcia have become an 10 d’Orcia be missed, we pass along the Vie Cave, affirmed landscape icon in the minds of all. 9 spectacular paths dug into the tufa, dec- Nominated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Civitello Gavorrano orated with musk and lichen, created by the famous cypresses of the Val d’Orcia, alone Paganico the Etruscans thousands of years ago. or in picturesque groups, break the soft lines Near Grosseto, the archaeological area of the crests and act as a reference point for travellers roaming these extraordinarily beau- of Roselle and the archaeological sites Roselle and relics in Gavorrano bring us to the tiful lands. The itinerary leads us along a walk end of this itinerary which concludes in the world’s most photographed and best- 8 known Tuscan countryside: a true paradise for with a visit to and a Grosseto the eyes and the mind which will be nurtured 7 Pitigliano small Etruscan tomb that has recently by the unique colours, forms and atmospheres. Scansano been found. 6 10 ITINERARY 4 STAGES

Cortona 2 3 4 Castiglion Fiorentino CASTIGLION CIVITELLA IN VAL MONTE DI CHIANA SAN SAVINO Civitella in Val di Chiana FIORENTINO Civic Museum of Archaeology Fortress City walls The olive oil roads Yellow gold of Etruria: tasting a territory to learn about the oil of the Etruscans

Montepulciano 5 6 7 Chiusi LUCIGNANO FOIANO DELLA SINALUNGA Sarteano Panorama CHIANA Necropolises of San n Etruria, oil was cultivated in large Piazza Cavour Giustino Iquantities and then sold throughout the Mediterranean; used mainly at the table, the Etruscans also used it in religion to light lamps in front of tombs, illuminat- ing homes and public and private build- ings, in the medical field as a painkiller and, in beauty, to fragrance skin and hair. 8 9 10 11 Many containers for oil-based perfumed TREQUANDA MONTEPULCIANO CHIUSI SARTEANO essences have been found and are now Giancarlo Pallavicini Urnette Palazzo Bucelli National Etruscan Civic Museum of exhibited in the civic museums of Tus- Archaeological Collection Museum Archaeology can villages, in particular between the Valdichiana of Siena and Arezzo. Start- ing from Cortona, all the way to Sarteano, 3 it is easy to perceive the past and feel the CORTONA, panorama Civitella in Etruscans’ presence in every corner. The Val di Chiana eleven legs accompany you on a unique 2 Monte San journey between the relics, traditions and Savino Castiglion curiosities of Etruscan food and agricul- ARCHEO TREKKING Fiorentino tural tradition and in the use of oil in the 4 various aspects of daily life thanks to FROM “CURTUN” TO 5 the unique pieces found in the various 1 museums, including the MAEC in Corto- THE MELONI DEL SODO Length: 6 km / Difficulty level: medium Lucignano na, the Civic Museum of Archaeology 6 Cortona Departure point: Cortona (AR) of Castiglion Fiorentino, the “Giancarlo Pallavicini” archaeological collection in This route unites the splendid Etruscan mu- 7 Foiano della seum of the MAEC in Cortona with one of Chiana Trequanda, the National Etruscan Muse- Trequanda 8 the most important Etruscan archaeological um of Chiusi, and the Civic Museum of Sinalunga sites in the area: the tombs or “meloni” del Archaeology of Sarteano. Olive groves Sodo. After a visit to the MAEC, where we surround the towns and overlook the can also see the precious relics found in the hills, making up the typical landscape of tombs, we embark on an ancient road also Tuscany together with the vineyards, to- signposted as Via Romea Germanica. We day as it did yesterday. descend, passing fields and cultivations Montepulciano to the asphalted road and from there it is a short walk to the carpark of the archaeolog- 9 Chiusi ical area. We follow the same route back to Sarteano return. 10 12 11 ITINERARY 5 STAGES

Asciano 1 Monteroni d’ Palazzo Corboli Civic Museum of Archaeology The grain roads San Quirico d’Orcia and Sacred Art An itinerary between cities of Etruscan origin and landscapes Castiglione d’Orcia where grain has been cultivated for millennia: golden grains for bread, pasta and focaccia breads Grosseto Castiglione della Pescaia 2 MONTERONI D’ARBIA ivy tells us that the Gauls desired to Grancia di Cuna MURLO, “Cappellone”, Antiquarium Poggio Civitate Lconquer central Etruria in 400BC at- tracted by the pleasant wines and gentle land. Grain, along with spelt and barley, were already cultivated by the Etrus- cans who understood the fertility of the land and the trend of the water. In what VAL D’ORCIA was the heart of Etruria, there are many 5 7 8 9 places where we can still feel the Etrus- are exhibited in the Archaeological Muse- PIENZA CINIGIANO GROSSETO CASTIGLIONE can presence: in Asciano, in the moon- Panorama Countryside Archaeological Museum DELLA PESCAIA um in Pienza in the tiny historical centre scape landscape of the Vetulonia of this UNESCO World Heritage site, just home to the necropolis of Poggio Pinci, like in Cinigiano, where the view takes in Monteroni d’Arbia where there is the in all the colours of the golden fields of enchanting necropolis in the woods of grain to the greens of the vineyards and Castello di Grotti, while Murlo is home olive groves. to the Antiquarium Poggio Civitate with 1 numerous finds from a royal residence 2 dating back to the VII-VI centuries BC. Asciano Monteroni The journey continues along the places d’Arbia where our ancestors worked the land to ARCHEO TREKKING San Quirico d’Orcia and Castiglione d’Or- 3 cia: these UNESCO World Heritage hills THE ACCONA DESERT Murlo Pienza conceal the therapeutic thermal waters Length: 13 km / Difficulty level: easy sourcing the magical atmospheres of the San Quirico 5 Departure point: Mucigliani (Asciano, SI) d’Orcia 4 baths and springs of Bagno Vignoni. The The Tuaregs say that God created the de- 6 same emotions can be found admiring sert so that people could discover their the springs of Bagni San Filippo, and the souls. The itinerary gives us the emotional Castiglione views of the white, imposing limestone experience of crossing a part of the Acco- d’Orcia formations. The Maremma Museum of na Desert: an area of the Crete Senesi that Archaeology and Art in Grosseto and “turns white when everything is green and the Roselle archaeological area are fun- turns green when everything is grey. An 7 damental steps of the journey, together apparently soft land, almost velvety, but cracked, broken, rough in reality. And often Cinigiano with the Civic Museum of Archaeology wounded.” Walking along the rolling crests Castiglione and the Vetulonia national archaeologi- of the crete, discovering the singularity of della Pescaia Roselle cal site, for unforgettable archaeological the biancane and the history of the villages visits and walks. Etruscan collections and castles is an unforgettable experience. 9 8 14 Grosseto ITINERARY 6 STAGES

Chianciano Terme 1 Sarteano CHIANCIANO TERME San Casciano dei Bagni Archaeological Museum of Chianciano Terme The roads of the Castiglione d’Orcia (Bagni San Filippo) Abbadia S. Salvatore Etruscans’ sacred mountains Sorano 3 SAN CASCIANO Mount Amiata, Mount and the thermal baths are the DEI BAGNI protagonists of this journey discovering nature and the sacred Stanze Cassianesi CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA, Bagni San Filippo

ount Amiata rises in a fairy-tale land. MAmongst blooming green woods of beech and chestnut in summer and snowy highlands in winter, “the Sacred Mountain” of the Etruscans overlooks the 5 6 8 Val d’Orcia and the Maremma; ancestral 7 and mysterious, the Amiata land is dom- ABBADIA S. SALVATORE SANTA FIORA SEMPRONIANO SORANO , panorama Mineral Museum Fiora Springs Ildebranda Tomb inated by the natural forces of the volca- The village no that has given origin to the rocks, the ries, the gradual retreat of the waters and tufa and hot sulphurous waters linked to the accumulation of eroded detritus have the thermal activities. Walking through the given shape to tunnels, caves and grot- paths immersed in greenery, discovering tos visited by mankind from remote times archaeological ruins and previous finds, leaving behind unmissable archaeological is a journey back in time with ancient sto- testimonies. 1 ries, traditions and legends: the Etruscans Chianciano believed that Mount Amiata was home Terme to Tinia, their most important god. The 4 cinnabar deposits of Mount Amiata were ARCHEO TREKKING 2 quarried from as early as prehistoric times Castiglione d’Orcia to produce colours also used by the Etrus- Sarteano cans for frescoes and to decorate funeral THE ETRUSCAN THERMAL BATHS urns. At the foot of the hill are a number 5 of little characteristic villages and thermal OF SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNI Length: 4.5 km / Difficulty level: easy Abbadia springs of volcanic origin which formed 3 millions of years ago when the Amiata vol- Departure point: San Casciano dei Bagni (SI) S. Salvatore cano was still active. The historical ther- We start from the carpark located just out- 6 San Casciano mal centres, some of the most charming side the historical centre of San Casciano dei Bagni in Tuscany, are an opulent heritage, just dei Bagni and continue along Via Roma (S.P. Santa Fiora like the plentiful springs of the Fiora. n. 41) for around 1.3 km when we then turn Between Val d’Orcia and Valdichiana, right onto a track that runs along cultivated another mountain overlooks the valley: fields. We then climb to Bagno Bossolo and 7 Mount Cetona. Formed millions of years from there to Bagno Grande where we can ago in an environment that at the time take a pleasant dip – even in the middle of Semproniano winter – in the baths that collect the waters was coastal, the Tuscan hill is home to a 8 lush naturalistic oasis. The passing centu- at a temperature of around 39° C. We follow a path up to the village of San Casciano and Sorano 16 from there to the carpark where we started. ITINERARY 7 STAGES

Grosseto (Roselle) 1 Castiglione della Pescaia GROSSETO (Vetulonia) Serpaio Necropolis Gavorrano The roads of Civitella Paganico the land and sea Cinigiano Scansano

A journey that from the heart of Etruria reaches the sea, Monte Argentario 2 discovering the intense commercial trades that were a part Capalbio CASTIGLIONE DELLA PESCAIA of Etruscan civilisation in the Mediterranean Vetulonia, Poggiarello Renzetti – Decumano MONTE ARGENTARIO, Panorama

n itinerary that retraces the routes of AEtruscan commerce from inland cit- ies to coastal towns. From the western slopes of Mount Amiata we reach the sea and the portion of coast vied for between 8 9 the Etruscan towns of Vetulonia and 3 4 Roselle, location of Argentario and part GAVORRANO ROCCASTRADA MONTE ARGENTARIO CAPALBIO Rocca di Frassinello Panorama Wind instruments Panorama of southern Tuscany. From the heart of Etruria, we move between the hills until we dock in the ports that the Etruscans reached above all through the Ombrone 5 course and its rivers; at the time, the riv- 4 ers saw a continuous flow of ships brim- Civitella ming over with goods. The products that Roccastrada Paganico were most exported by the Etruscans 3 included wine, oil, cereals, metals, ce- MAREMMA PARK, Panorama ramic goods and bronze. Having reached Gavorrano 6 the sea, the cities heaved with life: trad- Cinigiano ers loaded the ships up to then sail the ARCHEO TREKKING Roselle waves towards nearby destinations such 1 as Sicily and Sardinia but also towards 2 more faraway impervious places such as ARGENTARIO, OPEN SEA Grosseto Cyprus, Greece, the Spanish and French Castiglione Length: 16 km / Difficulty level: intermediate della Pescaia coasts and even Syria. In a journey be- Departure point: 7 tween land and sea, this itinerary allows (Monte Argentario, GR) Scansano you to appreciate the mountainous land- This extremely panoramic itinerary starts scape of central inland Etruria and the from Porto Santo Stefano and extends more lagoon and coastal areas, today along the hills that border the Rio Campone scattered with oases of nature, enchant- Valley on the Argentario promontory. Cross- ing ports, castles and villages nestling ing the north-western areas of the promon- in the hills, museums and incredible ar- tory reaches all the way to the Capo d’Uomo Tower, an ancient lookout point from which Monte Argentario chaeological parks. 9 you can see all the way to the coast of Cor- 8 18 sica. Capalbio ITINERARY 8 STAGES

Castiglion Fiorentino 1 2 3 Cortona CASTIGLION CORTONA CHIANCIANO TERME , Chianciano Terme FIORENTINO Civic Museum of Underground route MAEC Archaeology Etruscan Passion Chiusi Sarteano An Etruscan epic through cities, museums and Sorano archaeological sites in Southern Tuscany Pitigliano Grosseto (Rosselle) Castiglione della Pescaia 4 5 6 (Vetulonia) CHIUSI SARTEANO SORANO ow did the Etruscans influence con- Murlo Etruscan Sphynx, Quadriga Infernale Vie Cave Htemporary life? In these ten steps National Etruscan we can explore the characteristic as- Museum pects of this people through fascinat- ing villages, museums, archaeological sites, stopping to look at the stories and interesting facts on their customs and their way of life. An itinerary centred above all on the top-quality museums 7 8 9 10 and archaeological sites - some of the PITIGLIANO GROSSETO CASTIGLIONE MURLO best in central - looking more in Civic Museum of Roselle Archaeological DELLA PESCAIA Museum Archaeology Area Isidoro Falchi Civic Museum depth at certain characteristic aspects of Archaeology in Vetulonia of the Etruscans such as the organisa- tion in the city-state and the particular Castiglion importance given to the funeral culture Fiorentino 1 that led them to create extended, mon- umental necropolises. From Castiglion 2 Fiorentino, with the materials of the CHIUSI, Civic Museum “La Città Sotterranea” Cortona Cassero temple, to Cortona where you can visit the Museum of the Etruscan Academy and City and the monumental ARCHEO TREKKING 10 Sodo tombs, to the opposite slope of the Chiana Valley with the Chiusi metropo- Murlo lis, the dominant city in Etruscan times THE ANCIENT RAILWAY and the only one in Tuscany where you OF THE MURLO MINES Chianciano can still see painted tombs dating back Terme 3 to 50 BC, all the way to Sarteano which Length: 15.6 km / Difficulty level: intermediate is famous for the Quadriga Infernale Departure point: Murlo Mines (Murlo, SI) Sarteano 5 4 Tomb (400 BC) or the Civic Museum of People of Murlo, people of Etruria... By fol- Archaeology in Chianciano Terme. The lowing the tracks of the ancient wood coal Chiusi route continues with the ruined necrop- mines of Murlo, this itinerary introduces us to olises of Sovana (Sorano) and Pitigliano a savage, little-anthropized landscape, where ancient human activities have left indelible and a visit to the archaeological parks Castiglione of Roselle and Vetulonia, n the civic mu- traces. In fact, having left the semi-aban- della Pescaia seums of Grosseto and Vetulonia itself doned village of “Le Miniere”, we scramble all the way to the royal palace dating to up the mountains that dominate the valley of 9 8 the Crevole river where we can find evidence Sorano the VII-VI centuries BC of Murlo, in Pog- Grosseto gio Civitate, an unmissable stop. of human activity from the Etruscan period all the way to contemporary industrial ar- 6 chaeology. Pitigliano 7 20 Grosseto San Casciano dei Bagni Tourist Information Office Maremma Sud, Tourist Office, Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 14, Corso G. Carducci, 5, 58100 Grosseto (GR) 53040 San Casciano dei Bagni (SI) Tourist Tel. 0564 488573 Tel. 0578 58141 www.quimaremmatoscana.it www..sancascianodeibagni.si.it [email protected] [email protected] information Lucignano San Quirico d’Orcia Proloco Via Giacomo Matteotti, 38, Tourist Office, Via , 33, 52046 Lucignano (AR) / Tel. 0575 837723 53027 San Quirico d’Orcia (SI) www.prolocolucignano.com Tel. 0577 899728 offices [email protected] www.comunesanquirico.it/area-turismo Monte Argentario [email protected] Tourist Information Office Santa Fiora Porto S. Stefano Piazzale del Valle (GR) Proloco, piazza Garibaldi 37 Tel 0564 332075 58037 Santa Fiora (GR) / Tel. 0564 977142 [email protected] www.santafioraturismo.it Tourist Information Office [email protected] Porto Ercole Piazza Roma Sarteano Tel 0564 811979 Tourist Office, corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 9 53047 [email protected] Sarteano (SI) / Tel. 0578 269204 Abbadia S. Salvatore Chiusi www.prolocomonteargentario.it www.sarteanoliving.it IAT, Viale Roma, 10 IAT, via Porsenna, 79 - 53043 Chiusi [email protected] 53021 (SI) Tel. 0578 227667 Monte San Savino Tel. 0577 770361 www.prolocochiusi.it - [email protected] Proloco, Piazza Gamurrini, 3 Scansano visitabbadia.com - [email protected] 52048 Monte San Savino (SI) Proloco, via XX Settembre, 34 Cinigiano Tel. 0575 849418 58054 Scansano (GR) / Tel. 340 2808140 Asciano Pro Loco, Piazzale Cap. Bruchi, 5 www.prolocomontesansavino.it www.comune.scansano.gr.it Tourist Office, Corso Matteotti, 126 58044 Cinigiano (GR) [email protected] [email protected] 53041 Asciano (SI) / Tel. 0577 719524 Tel. 0564 994187 www.cretesenesi.com - [email protected] www.prolococinigiano.com Montepulciano Semproniano [email protected] Tourist Information Office, Proloco Tourist Information Office, Capalbio Piazza Don Minzoni, 1, 53045, Montepulciano (SI) Piazza del Popolo, 15, 58055 Semproniano (GR) Tourist Office, Via Collacchioni, 2 Civitella in Val di Chiana Tel. 0578 757341 Tel. 0564 987164 58011 Capalbio (GR) / Tel. 0564 896611 Tourist Information Office, www.montepulcianoliving.it www.comune.semproniano.gr.it www.comune.capalbio.gr.it Civitella in Val di Chiana (AR)fraz. Badia al Pino, [email protected] ufficioturisticocapalbio@com corso Italia (Civic Library) Sinalunga Monteroni d’Arbia Proloco, Piazza della Stazione, 31 Castiglion Fiorentino Tel. 0575 445303 www.civichiana.it - [email protected] Proloco, Via Corsano Grotti, 790 53048 Sinalunga (SI) / Tel. 333 8166793 Tourist Information Office, Ville di Corsano / Tel. 0577 372104 www.ufficioturisticosinalunga.org Piazza Risorgimento, 19 Civitella Paganico [email protected] [email protected] 52043 Castiglion Fiorentino (AR) Tourist Office, Corso Fagarè, 42 Tel. 0577 658278 58045 Paganico (GR) / Tel. 328 5610254 Murlo Sorano [email protected] www.turismo.civitellapaganico.info Proloco, Piazza della Carceri, 17 Tourist Information Office, [email protected] 53016 Murlo (SI) / Tel. 0577 814099 Piazza Busatti - 58010 Sorano (GR) Castiglione della Pescaia www.prolocomurlo.it - [email protected] Tel. 0564 633099 IAT, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 6 Cortona 58043 Castiglione della Pescaia (GR) Tourist Office, Piazza Signorelli, palazzo Casali, 9 - Pienza Palazzo Pretorio, Piazza del Pretorio Tel. 0564 933678 52044 Cortona (AR) / Tel. 0575 637274 Tourist Information Office Pienza 58010 Sovana, Sorano (GR) / Tel. 0564 614074 www.turismocastiglionedellapescaia.it www.comunedicortona.it/turismo-e-cultura Corso Il Rossellino, 30 - 53026 - Pienza (SI) www.leviecave.it - [email protected] iat@comune. castiglionedellapescaia.gr.it [email protected] Tel. 0578 749905 Torrita di Siena [email protected] Tourist Office Pro Loco, Via Ottavio Maestri, 22 Castiglione d’Orcia Foiano della Chiana www.comune.pienza.si.it Tel. 0577 888986 Pro Loco - Ufficio Turistico, Torrita di Siena (SI) / Tel. 0577 686571 www.comune.castiglionedorcia.siena.it Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 1, Pitigliano www.prolocotorritadisiena.it [email protected] 52045 - Foiano della Chiana (AR) Tourist Information Office, [email protected] Tel. 0575 643244 Piazza G. Garibaldi 10, 58017 Pitigliano (GR) Trequanda Chianciano Terme Tel. 0564 617111 IAT, Piazza Italia, 67 www.comune.foiano.ar.it Proloco, via Roma, 2 - 53020 Trequanda (SI) www.comune.pitigliano.gr.it Tel. 0577 662296 53042 Chianciano Terme (SI) Gavorrano [email protected] Tel. 0578 671122 Pro Loco, Via Vittorio Veneto, 16 www.trequandaproloco.it www.prolocochiancianoterme.it 58023 Gavorrano (GR) / Tel. 0566 846282 Roccastrada [email protected] [email protected] prolocogavorrano.wordpress.com Comune di Roccastrada, Corso Roma, 8 [email protected] 58036 Roccastrada (GR) / Tel. 0564-561111 [email protected]

23 Monte Argentario (GR) Permanent exhibitions of the Spanish Fortress: Forgotten Memories and Shipwrights Sinalunga (SI) Etruscan Piazzale del governatore - Porto Santo Stefano Etruscan Rooms of Larth and San Giustino Info e prenotazioni: 0564 810681 / 0564 811970 necropolis [email protected] Etruscan Rooms of Larth Via Spadaforte n. 31 and the archaeological site Museums Montepulciano (SI) in Sinalunga - località San Giustino Crociani Art Gallery and Civic Museum Tel. 333 8166793 Palazzo Neri Orselli [email protected] Via Ricci, 10 - 53045 Montepulciano www.comune.sinalunga.si.it and parks Tel. 0578 717300 www.museocivicomontepulciano.it Sorano (GR) “Città del Tufo” Archaeological Park Murlo (SI) S.P. 22 Sovana – , Sorano Antiquarium di Poggio Civitate Archaeological Tel. 0564 614074 / 0564 633099 Museum www.leviecave.it Abbadia S. Salvatore (SI) Chiusi (SI) Piazza della Cattedrale, 4 - 53016 Murlo Trequanda (SI) Mineral Museum Park Civic Museum “La Città sotterranea” Tel. 0577 814099 Pallavicini Archaeological Collection Piazzale Renato Rossaro, 6 Civic Museum: Via Il Ciminia, 2 - Chiusi email: [email protected] Reservations must be made at least 48 hours in 53021 Abbadia S. Salvatore Tel. 0578 20915 Pienza (SI) advance on the following number at the Council: Tel. 0577 778324 [email protected] Archaeological Museum of Pienza 0578 269590 www.museominerario.it -- Piazza San Carlo, 12 Museum of the Cathedral – Porsenna Labyrinth [email protected] Tel. +39 0578 749796 Asciano (SI) Piazza Duomo, 7 - Chiusi Città (SI) Palazzo Corboli Civic Museum of Archaeology and Tel. 0578 22697 - [email protected] Pitigliano (GR) Sacred Art -- Pitigliano Civic Archaeological Museums Corso Matteotti, 122 - 53041 Asciano Piazza Fortezza Orsini, 59c - 58017 Pitigliano Tel. 0577-714450 / 348 0847875 Via Porsenna, 93 Tel. 0564 614067 [email protected] Tel. +39 0578 20177 [email protected] [email protected] Castiglion Fiorentino (AR) San Casciano dei Bagni (SI) Cortona (AR) Castiglionese Museum System (Cassero Area, Stanze Cassianensi MAEC – Museum of the Etruscan Academy and the Civic Museum of Archaeology, Underground Piazza della Repubblica, 4 City of Cortona Archaeological Route) San Casciano dei Bagni (SI) Piazza Signorelli, 9 - 52044 Cortona (AR) Via del Tribunale, 8 / Tel. 0575-659457 Tel. 39057858141 Tel.0575 630415 / [email protected] [email protected] www.sancascianobagni.com cortonamaec.org [email protected] Castiglione della Pescaia (GR) Gavorrano (GR) Vetulonia National Archaeological Site Santa Fiora (GR) Rocca di Frassinello Etruscan Documentation Centre Via dei sepolcri s.n.c. /Tel. 0564 949587 Museum of the Mercury Mines of Mount Amiata Loc. - Cantina Rocca di Frassinello – www.polomusealetoscana.beniculturali.it Piazza Garibaldi, Santa Fiora Gavorrano (GR) [email protected] Tel.3281113419 Info e prenotazioni: 0566.88400 -- [email protected] Email: [email protected] Civic Museum of Archaeology “Isidoro Falchi” www.minieredimercurio.it Piazza Vetulonia 1,58043, loc. Vetulonia, Grosseto (GR) Sarteano (SI) Castiglione della Pescaia (GR) Roselle Archaeological Site Civic Museum of Archaeology Tel.0564 927241 /[email protected] Via dei Ruderi – loc. Roselle, Grosseto (GR) Via Roma, 24 - 53047 Sarteano www.museoisidorofalchi.it Tel. 0564 402403 Tel. 0578 269261 - 0578 269212 mariangela.turchetti@beniculturali Chianciano Terme (SI) [email protected] -- Civic Museum of Archaeology www.museosarteano.it/ Viale Dante, 80 - 53042 Chianciano Terme Maremma Museum of Archaeology and Art Tel. 0578 30471 - 0578 652305 Piazza Baccarini, 3 – Grosseto Scansano (GR) (Ufficio Cultura del Comune) Tel. 0564-488752 Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Life and www.museoetrusco.it [email protected] Wine Piazza del Pretorio - Centro Storico Scansano Lucignano (AR) Info e prenotazioni: 0564 509106 / 0564 509411 Lucignano Council Museum [email protected] Piazza del Tribunale 22 - 52046 Lucignano (AR) TheSentiero Sentiero della della Bonifica Bonifica Tel.0575 838001 / www.visitlucignano.it www.sentierodellabonifica.it

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CHIUSI, Canopo di Dolciano, National Etruscan Museum Tuscany

The “Toscana Terra Etrusca” tourism product Toscana Terra Etrusca was founded to valorise the great historical-artistic heritage of the Etruscans in Tuscany with a top-quality tourism proposal. To this end, the participating Councils – led by Chiusi –have each adhered to the tourism product through a convention under Regional Law no. 86 dated 20 December 2016 “Consolidated Law on the regional tourism system” that has innovated tourism, and which saw the introduction of the homogenous tourism product which defines all the characteristics and services of a territory that make up an offer that can fulfil the demands of specific segments of tourist requirements. The participating Councils refer to the provinces of Arezzo, Grosseto and

Siena and are the following: Abbadia San Salvatore, Asciano, Capalbio, - National Etruscan Museum of CHIUSI sculpture Female Cover: Castiglion Fiorentino, Castiglione della Pescaia, Castiglione d’Orcia, Chianciano Terme, Chiusi (coordinator), Cinigiano, Civitella in Val di Chiana, Civitella Paganico, Cortona, Foiano della Chiana, Gavorrano, Grosseto, Lucignano, Monte Argentario, Monte San Savino, Montepulciano, Monteroni d’Arbia, Murlo, Pienza, Pitigliano, Roccastrada, San Casciano dei Bagni, San Quirico d’Orcia, Santa Fiora, Sarteano, Scansano, Semproniano, Sinalunga, Sorano, Torrita di Siena, Trequanda.

This publication is the result of a contribution by Regione Toscana, February 2020. CICLICA DESIGN