Crocifisso del Tufo

The Crocifisso del Tufo is an Etruscan necropolis in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.The necropolis owes its name to a crucifix engraved in the tuff inside a rock chapel, carved into the rock on which the city stands. The small church that gave the name to the necropolis can also be reached via a pedestrian path that descends from Porta Maggiore.It is dated to at teast the 6th century because of inscriptions found at the site. It was attended from the 8th to the 3rd centuries B.C..