Ancient Age
National Etruscan Museum of Rocca Albornoz
Viterbo (VT)
The National Etruscan Museum of Rocca Albornoz , inaugurated in 1986, is housed inside the imposing Rocca Albornoz, built in 1354 by the vicar general, Cardinal de Albornoz, to control the ecclesiastical possessions. Julius II della Rovere, in the early 1500s, was responsible for the renovation of the monument to a design by Bramante, which involved the transformation of the fortress from a purely military structure to a Renaissance palace. It was then Paul III who completed Bramante's project by also providing for the construction of a large external loggia open to the square. The rocca was then used as a papal residence, a brefotrophy and finally barracks, leading up to the heavy devastation of World War II.
Since 1986 it has housed the National Etruscan Museum, which presents evidence from the most representative centers of internal southern Etruria including the exceptional life-size reconstructions of buildings from the Etruscan center of Acquarossa, the mosaic with an Etruscan inscription from Musarna, a small town near Viterbo, emblematic and extremely rare evidence of the Romanization process in Etruria, or the prestigious Etruscan bronze chariot found in the center of Ischia di Castro.
Info
Piazza della Rocca, 21b, 01100, Viterbo (VT)
8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (last admission at 6:30 p.m.)
January 5 open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (last admission at 6:30 p.m.)
January 6 open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (last admission at 6:30 p.m.)
January 7 open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (last admission at 6:30 p.m.)
Monday
December 25
Full € 7.00
Facilitated € 2.00 (18 to 25 years old)
Reductions and gratuities as per current regulations: MiC website.
Free admission:
first Sunday of the month, April 25, June 2, November 4
Cash payment on the spot.
Since Nov. 1, e-ticketing service has been active on the "Italian Museums" app, available on the Play Store and App Store.
Cumulative Archaeological Museums of Northern Latium: Vulci Archaeological Museum and Abbadia Castle in Canino, National Archaeological Museum in Tuscania, National Etruscan Museum of Rocca Albornoz in Viterbo, National Archaeological Museum of Agro Falisco and Forte Sangallo in Civita Castellana, National Archaeological Museum in Civitavecchia; full price of €15.00; valid 365 days from first admission, one admission for each site.
Phone: +39 0761 325929
e-mail: drm-laz.muviterbo@cultura.gov.it
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For groups of more than 25, the use of radio guide systems (whisper) is recommended.
1 hour/1 hour15mins
There is a vending machine (cafeteria) in the museum.
The Porta Fiorentina train station, on the Rome-Viterbo line, is 550 m away, while the Porta Romana station (the city's main station) is 1.4 km away.
The cotral stop is 300 m away.
Paid parking is available in front of and behind the museum.
The route is entirely accessible by lift.
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