Travel to Tarquinia, one of the most important Etruscan cities, to visit the Etruscan Museum and the tombs of the Necropolis. This once-powerful city was an important economic and political center, which played an influential role in the development of Rome . Burial places indicate that the first permanent settlement developed during the Iron Age. The discovery of funeral paintings dating from the 6th century has also helped historians fill in the gaps of the Tarquinia story. That Tarquinia was once an important center        

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