Stolen and illegally transferred abroad, the crater remained in the United States from the seventies until 1999 when, after long negotiations International, the find was returned to Italy and exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome. Since December 18, 2014 to January 20, 2015, the crater, which will return in Cerveteri after an absence of 40 years, will be exhibited at the National Museum Cerite, thanks to the collaboration of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, the Superintendency for Southern Etruria and the Region of Lazio, on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Banditaccia Necropolis inclusion in the list of UNESCO World Heritage.
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Thursday, December 18, 2014, at 11.00, in Cerveteri (Rome), at the Sala Giovanni Ruspoli, P.za Santa Maria, a press conference will announce to the public the initiative.
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Will participate:
– Dario Franceschini, Minister of Heritage and Culture and Tourism
– Alfonsina Tagliente Russo, Superintendent for Southern Etruria
– Nicola Zingaretti, President of the Latium Region
– Ilaria Borletti Buitoni, Secretary of Heritage and Culture and Tourism
– Lidia Ravera, Regional Councillor for Culture and Youth
– Giovanni Bastianelli, Director of the Regional Agency for Tourism
– Giacomo Bassi, President of the Association for Italian Heritage in the Unesco World Heritage
– Rita Cosentino, Director of the Banditaccia Necropolis and the Ceritis National Museum
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