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Etruscans transformed this 9th-century BC town into part of the Dodecapolis confederation. Over 600 marvellous funerary urns fill the museum, which also preserves the Shade of the Evening , an elegantly elongated bronze boy. (see Volterra)

Ancient coastal smelting centre. The medieval town has a small museum and some ancient walls. A nearby necropolis illustrates changing tomb styles, from simple passages to domed tumuli and edicola (shrine-type).

Six necropolises surround this Etruscan settlement (see Sovana), most of them romantically overgrown. The via cave are narrow paths carved up to 20 m (65 ft) deep – their function is unknown.

Along with riches from Ancient Rome and Antioch, Florence’s oft-overlooked archaeology museum preserves one of the greatest artworks from Etruria, a large, 4th-century BC bronze chimera, probably cast in Chiusi or Orvieto.

Cortona’s best museum has a number of superb Etruscan pieces (see Museo dell’ Accademia Etrusca).

Etruscan tombs in the valley below Cortona include Melone I and II, and the Tomba di Pitagora (see Cortona).

The once-powerful town of Chiusi attacked Rome in 507 BC. Today, its main museum houses fine jars and funerary urns, some with miraculously preserved polychrome painting (see Chiusi).

A custodian from Chiusi museum will accompany you to unlock two of the tombs dotting Chiusi’s valley, including the Tomba della Pellegrina with its urns and sarcophagi still in place.

Many of the artifacts found in the Maremma (Sovana, Roselle, Vetulonia) made their way here, including terracotta reliefs and painted vases (see Grosseto).

The only fully excavated Etruscan town in Tuscany. It was once part of Dodecapolis but was conquered early (294 BC). The remains of Etruscan walls and houses lie next to a Roman amphitheatre and baths.