Set in a beautiful location, immersed in the green hills around Cortona, there is the Tanella Angori, an important witness of the Etruscan funerary tradition. The tomb was found in 1949 after some working on the land nearby. The Tanella Angori has a similar architecture to the Tanella di Pitagora, but it was bigger than the Pythagoras’ one. The grave has a diameter of about 11 metres, but unfortunately there are few remains. Probably there was a ground cover that recalled the feature of the more ancient Tombs of Sodo. The dating is the same of the Tanella di Pitagora; it dates back to II century BC. The only thing that we can see, is the lower part of the crepido, that is a cylindrical tambour on a circular base, and a few blocks of the crowning band. The interior has got a Greek croos, and it keeps the floor of the chamber. You can visit Tanella Angori, Tanella di Pitagora and the Tomb of Mezzavia, autonomously during the opening hours of the Archaeological Park of Sodo. 

Among the olive trees located in the street that from Cortona goes down at the bottom of the hill, there is the famous Tanella di Pitagora (Tomb of Pythagoras). Why it is called that way? Is it the real grave of the famous mathematic Pythagoras? In the ancient time, people believed that the grave belonged to Pythagoras for the close similarity of the word Cortona with Croton, the city of Magna Graecia, place where the philosopher lived and taught. In reality this is an Etruscan tomb built during the Hellenic age (II century BC). The owners of the tomb are a famous family of the city, they were called Cusu. This grave has got a peculiar aspect, there aren’t any common constructive characters of the traditional Etruscan burial funerary architecture. It has got one burial chamber, with niches on its sides and at the end of the grave, where usually Etruscans used to put the funerary cinerary urns. The Tanella di Pitagora has always been over the ground, but with the archaeological excavation of nineteenth century, the grave was completely highlighted. In 1929 the tomb was given by the countess Maria Laparelli Pitti to the Etruscan Academy of Cortona, the actual owner. The Tanella di Pitagora, together with Tanella Angori and the Tomb of Mezzavia can be visited during the opening hours of the Archaeological Park of Sodo autonomously.