When you have little time and want to visit the beauties of Tuscany it is difficult to choose between places to visit and those to skip, because everyone is important.

Chiusi too, which, despite being small, is a mandatory stage for those who love history, especially Etruscan history, but also medieval history.

The history of Chiusi is linked with the mythical Etruscan king Porsenna who attributed to the development of the city, so much so that the main street, around which the historical part is concentrated, was called with his name.

With Porsenna is linked the famous episode of Muzio Scevola who, in front of Porsenna, burned his hand guilty of failing to stab him, and also a legend according to which the king was buried in a sarcophagus in solid gold and in the companion of a snail accompanied by five thousand chicks, all strictly golden.

Treasure hunters have searched for the centuries the place of sepulture of Porsenna and it must be noted, that in fact Chiusi and its territory boast an incredible amount of galleries for a large part still to be discovered and explored.

The part that can be visited is the one known as the 'Labyrinth of Porsenna' and that goes under the city is most likely an aqueduct of Etruscan origins and which has been modified over the centuries.

Chiusi is also the only city outside Rome that hosts Christian catacombs: those of Santa Caterina and those of Santa Mustiola, buried in the Duomo that constitutes another place of great charm.

In the cloister of the Cathedral is the Cathedral Museum, in which sculptures dating from the Roman, Lombard and Medieval periods are preserved, among other things, and a collection of 21 Benedictine illuminated codes.

Here is also the entrance to the maze of Porsenna. It can be said that in Chiusi the story is intertwined in an almost symbolic way.