In Italy in the Lazio region, there is an ancient city of great historical and archaeological interest whose name comes from Caere Vetus, what & igrave; called in the thirteenth century to distinguish it from Caere Novum, the current Ceri.

The beautiful city of Cerveteri located about 42 kilometers from the capital Rome, is wonderfully overlooks the warm Tyrrhenian Sea.
City with a very ancient history dating back to the middle of the 9th century BC, there was a stable occupation of Etruscan populations with settlements here. housing and related Etruscan necropolis.

Cerveteri is still famous for being the access to the fascinating Etruscan Necropolis of Banditaccia, one of the necropolis most monumental and extensive ancient in the whole area of the Mediterranean Sea, declared in 2004 by UNESCO, together with that of Tarquinia, a heritage site world of humanity.

The fascinating Etruscan necropolis of Banditaccia is wonderfully placed on a hill where many thousands of burials still can be visited today are found.

The interiors of many tombs are equally fascinating with numerous frescoes on the walls and columns making this place even more enchanting.

Currently, many of the finds found in the necropolis are collected in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome as well as in numerous museums scattered in the whole world.