Villa Giulia Today The National Etruscan Museum In Rome, Italy Editorial Image

Sculptures of Hercules and Minerva originating from the great sanctuary of Portonaccio in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy. The sanctuary is one of the eldest sacred places of the Etruscan area and was in use from the seventh till the conquest operated by the Romans in 398 B.C. Created in 1899, the Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia houses works from pre-Roman Italian antiquity, especially from the Etruscan world. Among the museum’s most valuable objects are a sarcophagus from the year 520 BC, as well as several terracotta figures such as the Apollo of Veii and the image of Hercules and Apollo vying for the deer, both from 510 BC. The museum also presents a great collection of precious objects from antiquity to the 19th century.