Must-see attractions in Volterra

  • Museo Etrusco Guarnacci

    Volterra

    The vast collection of artefacts exhibited here makes this one of Italy's most impressive Etruscan collections. Found locally, they include some 600…

  • Museo Diocesano d'Arte Sacra Volterra

    Volterra

    Offering an innovative and particularly satisfying museum experience, this collection of sacred art is housed in the still-functioning Chiesa di San…

  • Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta

    Volterra

    A handsome coffered ceiling is the standout feature of Volterra's duomo, which was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and remodelled in the 16th. The…

  • Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro

    Volterra

    As befits a town that's hewn the precious material from nearby quarries since Etruscan times, Volterra is the proud possessor of an alabaster museum. It's…

  • Teatro Romano

    Volterra

    The grassy ranks of seating and towering columns of Italy's finest and best-preserved Roman theatre makes this a particularly evocative archaeological…

  • Pinacoteca Comunale

    Volterra

    Local, Sienese and Florentine art holds sway in this modest collection in the Palazzo Minucci Solaini. Taddeo di Bartolo's Madonna Enthroned with Child …

  • Palazzo dei Priori

    Volterra

    Volterra's 13th-century town hall is the oldest seat of local government in Tuscany. The staircase bears a fresco of the Crucifixion by Pier Francesco…

  • Palazzo Pretorio

    Volterra

    Forming one side of Volterra's central square, the Palazzo Pretorio was the seat of the local mayor. From it sprouts one of the town's oldest towers, the…

  • Fortezza Medicea

    Volterra

    The 14th-century Fortezza Medicea, later altered by Lorenzo Il Magnifico, is nowadays a prison (admission: one felony), but the 'Nuova Fortezza' within…

  • Baptistry

    Volterra

    Just west of the cathedral is the 13th-century baptistry with a small marble font (1502) by Andrea Sansovino.

  • Porta all'Arco

    Volterra

    City gate built by the Etruscans in the 4th century BC.

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