10 History Museums in Province of Rome That You Shouldn't Miss

The Diocesan Museum of Velletri is located in the ex seminary, built around the year 1600, the oldest wing of the architectonic complex part of St. Clement's cathedral.Today the Museum witnesses the past greatness of the Diocese and shows again the precious Croce Veliterna.

Necropolis of Cerveteri A major centre of Etruscan civilisation that was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, the Necropolis stretches for more than two kilometres. This certainly makes it the most imposing in all Etruria and one of the most magnificent monuments of its kind anywhere in the Mediterranean basin. These monumental tombs are located inside tumuli, partly cut into the tufa rock and partly built over it. The purpose of theseedifices was to illustrate the desire of a handful of aristocratic families to make a statement about their wealth and to perpetuate a lifestyle of the highest quality also after death. This may explain the abundance of luxury goods found in these tombs, such as tableware made of precious metal, goldsmith’s work, illustrated vases, bronzes and pieces imported from Greece and the Near East, as well as weapons, belts, razors, buckles and jewellery. The interiors are eerily evocative, imitating the houses where their occupants spent their lives, with several rooms, shaped doors and windows, columns and pillars, beamed and coffered ceilings, furnishings, funerary beds and sometimes grave goods. It is also interesting to visit the tombs known locally as a dado(like dice), which describes how they line the streets of the necropolis in regular patterns, looking uncannily like a modern housing estate. Discover how the tombs come to life!

Diffused Museum of Wine set out over 3 different ex cellars in the Center of Monte Porzio. The itinerary winds through a collection of wine-making utensils and equipment, that illustrates the main processes of the wine industry and the traditional crafts that revolved around wine in the Castelli Romani.