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On entering town through the main gateway ("Barriera
San Giusto"), the first important place worth
visiting is the Palazzo Vitelleschi (housing the
National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia).
Turn left down Via Mazzini and you find the Cathedral
in Piazza del Duomo, containing frescoes by Antonio
da Viterbo "Il Pastura" (Pinturicchio
and Perugino schools). The altar has a painting
on wood of a Bizantine Madonna once believed capable
of miracles.
Behind the Cathedral, in the direction of Piazza
Verdi (Via delle Torri), there's the Palazzo dei
Priori, a particularly interesting mediaeval complex
built in the 12th Century and currently the seat
of the Pottery Museum.
Fronting the town's main square (Piazza G. Matteotti)
is the Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall). Built in the
Romanesque style in the 13th Century. From here,
following Via di Porta Tarquinia, you reach the
Convento di San Francesco in the highest part of
town built by the Francescan Order at the turn of
the 14th Century.
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