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Torre del Porcellino (see 6)

Eating

9 La Carabaccia D2

10 L'Incontro B2

11 Ristorante-Enoteca Del Duca B2

Drinking & Nightlife

12 Caffè dei Fornelli A2

Shopping

13 Alab'Arte D2

14 Alessandro Marzetti A2

15 Emporio del Gusto A1

16 Fabula Etrusca B1

17 Opus Artis A1

18 Paolo Sabatini C2

Sights & Activities

Museo Etrusco Guarnacci
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MUSEUM

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(Via Don Minzoni 15; adult/student €8/6; 9am-7pm mid-Mar-Oct, 10am-4.30pm Nov-mid-Mar) One
of Italy's most impressive collections of Etruscan artefacts is exhibited here. These were
unearthed locally and include a vast collection of some 600 funerary urns carved mainly
from alabaster and tufa and displayed according to subject and period. The best examples
(those dating from later periods) are on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Highlights include the Urn of the Sposi, a strikingly realistic terracotta rendering of an
elderly couple; a crested helmet excavated from the Tomba del Guernero at nearby Poggio
alle Croci; and the L'Ombra della Sera (Shadow of the Evening), an elongated bronze
nude figurine that bears a striking resemblance to the work of the Italian sculptor Alberto
Giacometti.