Nenfro is a
volcanic rock, gray tuff or banded trachyte (Brocchi) or leucite phonolite lava (Rosenbusch) with a soft but compact structure, typical of the
Viterbo
Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo.
It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early histor ...
region that the
Etruscans used in their sculptures of northern Lazio
Cimini hills
The Monti Cimini, in English: Cimini Hills, are a range of densely wooded volcanic hills approximately north-west of Rome. They are part of the Antiapennine range, facing the Apennines main range towards the Tyrrhenian Sea. They are situated ...
near Rome, Italy.
* The
Winged Lion of Vulci, in the
Louvre
* The
Centaur of Vulci
The Centaur of Vulci is a statue of the Etruscan Orientalising period, discovered in Vulci near Etruscan Viterbo, now in the collection of the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome.
History
The statue was discovered in a private to ...
, preserved in the
Villa Giulia in Rome
* The sarcophagus of Laris Pulena MS 3488 of
Civita Musarna.
* The sarcophagi figured at the galleries and the entrance to the
Tarquinia National Museum
The Tarquinia National Museum ( it, Museo Archeologico Nazionale Tarquiniense) is an archaeological museum dedicated to the Etruscan civilization in Tarquinia, Italy. Its collection consists primarily of the artifacts which were excavated from the ...
One of its features is to take a pinkish tint when drying.
''Œuvres d'art étrusque découvertes à Castro''.
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References
Etruscan sculptures
Volcanic rocks
Viterbo
Lazio