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Necropoli Etrusca - Tarquinia Resorts

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Cavalli Alati The Winged Horses<br />

Nel Salone delle Armi è collocato il capolavoro della coroplastica tarquiniese. Si tratta di un altorilievo costituito<br />

da una coppia di cavalli alati di profilo, scalpitanti, aggiogati ad una biga, della quale resta solo uno spezzone<br />

del timone, che doveva essere raffigurata su una seconda lastra posta alla destra di quella con i cavalli alati. Il<br />

gruppo, arricchito dai colori rosso, bruno, crema, era utilizzato come rivestimento del mutulo di sinistra del<br />

Tempio dell’”Ara della Regina”, il quale, a sua volta, sorse intorno al sec. IV a. C. in sostituzione di un tempio<br />

arcaico. L’edificio subì varie vicissitudini, durante l’Alto Medioevo fu probabilmente trasformato in Chiesa.<br />

The renowned “Winged Horses” are displayed in the Arms Room and are considered the <strong>Tarquinia</strong>n masterpiece.<br />

There is depicted a profile view of a pair of winged horses that are excited and restless. The magnificent<br />

equines are hitched to a chariot, of which only part of the shaft is remaining. The remainder of the chariot had<br />

once been sculpted on an accompanying entablature which would have been placed to the right of the horses.<br />

This high relief is adorned with color - red, brown, cream and once decorated the drip moulding of the facade<br />

on the left side of the Temple of the “Ara della Regina”. The temple itself dates back to the 4th century B. C. and<br />

was built upon the remains of a prior archaic temple. Since that time, the temple underwent many transformations<br />

and during the Middle Ages it was probably converted into a Church.

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