Culture ministry buys the François Tomb, a masterpiece of Etruscan art

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 29 - The Italian culture ministry on Friday bought the François Tomb, a masterpiece of Etruscan art, and said it plans to put it on permanent display at the National Museum of Etruscan Art at Villa Giulia in Rome from June 25. The François Tomb is an important painted Etruscan tomb from the Ponte Rotto Necropolis in the Etruscan city of Vulci, Lazio, in central Italy. It was discovered in 1857 by Alessandro François and Adolphe Noël des Vergers. It dates to the last quarter...

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