The Etruscan tomb of the Faggeto was discovered between 1919 and 1920, by chance, by a woodcutter in a beech forest, hence the name.
Located on a hill near San Giovanni del Pantano (PG), along the eastern side of Cresta della Fornace. It is excavated in the natural sandstone ground, and is preceded by a narrow access corridor (dromos), carved into the slope. The room is small (1.26 x 1.12 m).
Inside, a cinerary urn and some grave goods were found.
The monolith that acts as a door is equipped with two pins which, inserted in the special cavities in the threshold and in the architrave, allow it to rotate. Several consolidation interventions have taken place over time, making significant changes to the original plant. The tomb dates back to the second half of the 2nd century BC.
The found urn bears the first name "arnth" and the noble "cairnina", to which some scholars link the name of the Caina stream, whose sources are not far away.
You can get there on foot or by mountain bike even if in the last stretch of the path the slope will force you to push in some section.

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Stefano Alunni

September 15, 2021

Tomb of Etruscan origin found in 1919/20. Based on the type of construction and the materials used, it is supposed to date back to the 2nd century BC.

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