Tombe Golini (Settecamini)

The Golini tombs at Settecamini preserve the history of painted Etruscan burial chambers in the countryside around Orvieto. Their original wall paintings are conserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Orvieto.

Why it matters

The tombs belonged to the aristocratic landscape of ancient Volsinii’s territory during the fourth century BC. Their paintings connect funerary ritual with family status, banquets and ideas of the afterlife.

What to notice

Golini I has two communicating spaces. Scenes of servants preparing a banquet accompany the reception of Larth Leinies among deceased relatives and the underworld deities Hades and Persephone. Golini II, known as the Tomb of the Two Chariots, records links between the Vercnas and Cnezu families. Inscriptions and painted figures give personal names to this funerary world.

Context and history

The chambers lie at Settecamini in the Porano countryside, within the wider Orvieto archaeological landscape. Their paintings were detached for conservation and transferred to the museum. The Hescanas tomb at Molinella is a separate burial site whose paintings remain in place; it is not another name for the Golini tombs.