{"id":21967,"date":"2021-03-26T14:34:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/?post_type=attrazione&#038;p=21967"},"modified":"2023-10-02T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T10:23:46","slug":"terricciola-etruscan-underground-tombs","status":"publish","type":"attrazione","link":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/attrazione\/terricciola-etruscan-underground-tombs\/","title":{"rendered":"Terricciola | Etruscan underground tombs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>hypogeum<\/strong> is an underground construction of historical and anthropological interest, built by man or from natural cavities. <strong>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/territory\/terricciola\/\">Terricciola<\/a> there are more than fifty<\/strong>, a sort of archaeological complex, which wind their way under the town centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terricciola stands on a tufa hill<\/strong>, at the base of which are underground areas (<strong>hypogea<\/strong>) excavated in Etruscan times and that preserve important remains of tombs, such as the Belvedere Hypogeum (4th century BC) with the Cippo dei Poggiarelli.<\/p>\n<p>It has a small access chamber with a barrel vault, made of bricks and stones. The complex is based on a symmetrical layout structured on a central corridor with a marked difference in height over which six distinct small cells open, three on each side. The entrance is on the terrace of the village, with a splendid view over the Valdera until Volterra.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Another soon-to-be-opened hypogeum is that of Cassero<\/strong>, under the Church of San Donato Vescovo e Martire. Built around 1370 to defend against military attacks, the hypogeum was also used over time as a wine store or as a shelter against bombing during the Second World War. At the beginning of the 18th century, the site was enriched with an underground &#8220;arm&#8221; that still allows a connection with Via Roma, the main street of the village.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Both are only open to visits on special occasions. <\/strong>There are plans to restore them to museum status with opening hours and guided tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6718,"parent":0,"template":"","tipo-attrazione":[1457],"filter-who":[1453,1455,1452],"filter-time":[1448],"class_list":["post-21967","attrazione","type-attrazione","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipo-attrazione-attrazione-cultura-en","filter-who-couple","filter-who-family","filter-who-single","filter-time-1-hour"],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[{"locale":"it_IT","id":11202,"post_title":"Terricciola | Ipogei o tombe etrusche","href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/terricciola-ipogei-tombe-etrusche\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attrazione\/21967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attrazione"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attrazione"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipo-attrazione","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-attrazione?post=21967"},{"taxonomy":"filter-who","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filter-who?post=21967"},{"taxonomy":"filter-time","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filter-time?post=21967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}