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Introduction to the Etruscan World
During the summer the Country Communication Centre offers an Initiation
to the Etruscan world , hospitality , and excursions in the important
archaeological area of Populonia and the Bay of Baratti.
The Etruscan culture has always been a source of inspiration due
to their joy of living
and above all their communication with Nature, themselves and others.
Etruscan mural with music and dance. The youth is playing the double
pipes.
Tomb of the Triclinium in Tarquinia (dated ca. 470 B.C.)
Banquet scene in the Tomb of the Leopards in Tarquinia (V century
B.C.)
The women were freely admitted.
The Etruscan women possessed considerable social standing as Velcha (left)
and Larthia (right).
They enjoyed considerable freedom and were involved in creating nice textile
manufacturesof Flax and Hemp.
