The "Infernaccio" is a major Tarquinian necropolis of the Orientalising period (7th century BC), still unknown and located on an ancient route that from the city (the "Civita") was leading to the sea through the "Monterozzi" necropolis.
Among the tombs discovered in the area, stands the "Luzi" tomb, a building of about the half of the 7th century BC. The mound, like those of nearby "Doganaccia", stands at the edge of the "Monterozzi" hill, touched by a burial road that had to link the sepulchral centres located on the height.

In the "Infernaccio" area are known other smaller princely mounds, characterized by single burial chambers and by the "piazzaletto" for funerary ceremonies.


"TUMULO LUZI"
The tomb was marked on the surface by a large mound still perceptible on the ground. Under the remains of the mound were recognized traces of a Villanovan village (9th-8th century BC) which had its necropolis in the zone below of Villa Bruschi-Falgari.
The burial type is typical of the funerary Tarquinian architecture during the Orientalising period: a rectangular room excavated in the rock with walls that recede upwards, with a wide longitudinal opening in the ceiling closed by slabs (only the end slab was preserved in the original position). The chamber is preceded by a large open hall that features a central staircase and minor side ramps designed to receive the spectators - familiars and other notables - during the funerary ceremonies qualified by plays, singing, music and games, which were officiated in the "piazzaletto" in front of the tomb door. Along the vestibule sides were present low "triclinari" benches (arranged at right angles), intended to accommodate the relatives of the deceased. The tomb, for his monumentality, housed the remains of a "prince" belonging to the powerful aristocratic class that dominated Tarquinia.
Unfortunately the burial equipment found inside the tomb is very fragmentary due to the intervention of illegal diggers.