{"id":9246,"date":"2019-03-14T21:14:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T20:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parcoarcheologicocarmignano.it\/aree\/tumulo-di-montefortini\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T08:50:48","slug":"tumulus-of-montefortini","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.parcoarcheologicocarmignano.it\/en\/aree\/tumulus-of-montefortini\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumulus of Montefortini"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Etruscan tumulus
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LOCATION<\/h6><\/div>
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Via Montefortini (Comeana)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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OPENING HOURS<\/h6><\/div>
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Check timetable in the “Info” box<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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FREE ENTRANCE<\/h6><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Educational visits possible<\/h6><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Archaeological Areas<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Etruscan tumulus
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Comeana, Carmignano (PO)<\/p>\n

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The Montefortini tumulus is the main witness to the extraordinay knowledge of the cultural development of the Carmignano territory during the Etruscan times and is one of the most important monument of the Tuscany.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"Direzione<\/p>\n

The artificial hill, twelve meters high, hosts two tombs.<\/p>\n

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Tholos shaped tomb<\/p><\/div>\n

The most ancient one, placed in the center, is a tholos<\/em> shaped tomb<\/strong> (circular room) with vestibule<\/p>\n

The oldest, located in the center, is a tholos<\/em> shaped tomb (circular room) with vestibule and circular cell with a diameter of more than seven meters, with a shelf behind the closing of the upper dome. The tholos<\/em> \u2013 featuring a terrace-altar devoted to ceremonial funerals, ortogonal to the drum and bounded by a pseudo-tiers \u2013 returned to light a rich grave set, which has been subject to a complex restoration, not yet concluded, that includes a rare turquoise glass bowl, a series of plates on top of a foot \u201cbucchero\u201d such as a vast number of carved or engraved ivory objects, high and low relief all round: plates, small figures of men and women, but also animals, floral elements, combs, which shows the relationships these great Etruscan families had on an international scale, either political and economic.<\/p>\n

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Inside of the Tomb quadrangular Chamber<\/p><\/div>\n

Some years after the construction of the tholos<\/em>, as a result of a collapse that could be due to a strong earthquake, a rectangular chamber tomb was built, with an open monumental entrance hall at the bottom of which a large trilithic portal allows access to the quadrangular vestibule and then to the cell, with a shelf in correspondence of the upper part of the walls and roof slabs projecting to a fake vault.<\/p>\n

The findings relevant to this second set, very fragmentary because of the repeated pillaging over the centuries, however, attest to the wealth of the family and its potential for even international relations.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Tumulus of Montefortini<\/p>\n

Direzione Regionale Musei della Toscana<\/p><\/h5><\/div>

Via Montefortini (Comeana) \u2013 59015 Carmignano (PO)<\/p>\n

>> Look on the map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tel. 055 8719741<\/p>\n

Timetable October 2022:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

every Thursday\u00a0 <\/strong>10.0am \u2013 13.00pm
\nSunday 16\u2013 30<\/strong> \u2013 10.00pm \u2013 13.00pm<\/p>\n

The tumulus can also be visited in case of rain<\/p>\n

Free Entrance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Option for educational visits<\/h5><\/div>

Info and booking at the Archaelogical Museum of Artimino<\/a><\/strong>
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Free guided tours every 1st Saturday of the month<\/h5><\/div>

Meeting at 9.30 at the Tumulus of Montefortini in Comeana.
\nThe visit will continue to the Necropolis of Prato Rosello<\/strong> in Artimino (transfer by own car) if the weather conditions allow it.
\nReservation is not required.<\/p>\n

By the Carmignano Archaeological Group<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

N.B.<\/strong> Visits do no take place on 2 June and in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>

>> Learn more about educational visits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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