Created in 1889, the Etrsucan National Museum is housed in the magnificent villa of Pope Julius III and dates back to the 14th Century. It displays the pre-Roman antiques of the Etruscan and Falisco civilisations. Amongst the most popular pieces of art are the Bronzes in Vulci, the baked clay decoration of the Sanctuary of Portonaccio in Veio, including the famous Apollo of the 6th century, the Sarcophagus of the Spouses in Cerveteri. The museum is developed on a topographic basis; the antiques come from the south of Etruria, between the high Lazio and the Tyrrhenian Sea.
