The Winged Horses
National Archaeological Museum
The Winged Horses
490-480 BC
In the room carrying the same name, we find the masterpiece of Tarquinian coroplastic art, now considered the symbol of the town. It is a high-relief sculpture consisting of two winged horses standing in profile, prancing and harnessed to a biga. All that remains of the biga, which must have been depicted on a second slab to the right of the one with the winged horses, is a piece of its shaft. This sculpture, enriched in red, brown and cream colours, was used as a covering for the left mutule of the Temple of the ‘Ara della Regina’, which, in turn, was built around the 4th century BC to replace an archaic temple. The building underwent various changes and was probably transformed into a church during the early Middle Ages.
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This artistic event is open to everyone and celebrates creativity and talent.
DiVino Etrusco
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Corpus Christi Flower Carpet
Along the streets of the city, paintings and floral carpets of considerable value are created during the Corpus Domini event.
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Photography by: César Vásquez Altamirano, Tiziano Crescia, Roberto Romano, Sailko Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Paolo Monti
English translations by Ylenia Marcucci and Alessandro Rotatori
Spanish translations by Mirco Petreti and MarÃa Esperanza GarcÃa Sanchez