Hypogeum of the Volumnus family

Local nameIpogeo dei Volumni e necropoli del Palazzone
LocationPerugia, Italy

The Hypogeum of the Volumnus family is an Etruscan tomb in Ponte San Giovanni, a suburb of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. Its dating is uncertain, although it is generally assigned to the 3rd century BC.

The hypogeum was the Roman-Etruscan tomb of Arnth Veltimna Aules. It is part of the larger Palazzone necropolis, a burial ground dating to the 6th–5th century BC, with numerous subterranean tombs. Visitors can see and enter some of the tombs found along paths in the site's grounds. A museum building displays funerary urns and other artifacts found in the excavations of the area.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogeum_of_the_Volumnus_family

Official Website http://musei.beniculturali.it/musei?mid=5032&nome=ipogeo-dei-volumni-e-necropoli-del-palazzone

Email pm-umb@beniculturali.it

Phone +39 075 5759636

Coordinates 43°5'21.498" N 12°25'27.823" E

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