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Facade of the Orvieto Cathedral. The Pozzo di San Patrizio, a well built for the popes. The site of Orvieto was once an Etruscan acropolis. Orvieto (Italian: [orˈvjɛːto]) is a city and comune in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff.
Coronation of the Virgin mosaic on the top gable of the cathedral Rose window Marble Pieta, Madonna Mourning the Crucified Jesus with St. Nicodemus. Orvieto Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Orvieto; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a large 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and situated in the town of Orvieto in Umbria, central Italy.
The nuns since then have staffed schools for girls and young women. [2] In the church, restored from 2000 to 2005, the main altar is dedicated to San Lodovico (Louis of Toulouse) with an altarpiece depicting St Louis in adoration of the Madonna and Child (1637) by Girolamo, the brother of Cesare Nebbia.
Torre del Moro and adjacent Palazzo dei Sette on the left. The Palazzo dei Sette, also called Palazzo per il Tribunale, Palazzo Apostolico, and Casa del Papa is a Renaissance architecture palace located in Corso Cavour#85, almost central to the upper historic city of Orvieto, region of Umbria, Italy.
The Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, also known as the Palazzo del Podesta is a late-Romanesque-Gothic architecture, late 13th-century civic palace located in Piazza del Popolo, in the historic center of Orvieto, region of Umbria, Italy. The palace now houses some municipal offices and the main hall is used for cultural events and meetings.
The Palazzo Comunale, also called Palazzo Municipale, is a Mannerist architecture civic palace located in Piazza della Republica, adjacent to the dodecagonal bell-tower of the church of Sant'Andrea in the historic center of Orvieto, region of Umbria, Italy. The palace houses city hall offices.
Portion of facade of Palazzo Monaldeschi at the end of Via Beato Angelico. The Palazzo Monaldeschi, known also as Palazzo Sforza Monaldeschi della Cervara or as Palazzo Marsciano or Meoni or, is a Renaissance architecture, aristocratic palace located on Piazza Ippolito Scalza in the historic center of Orvieto in the Region of Umbria, Italy.
The church is notable for housing the desk used by St Thomas Aquinas for his lessons at Orvieto during his sojourn in the city (1263–1264), as well as the Monument to Cardinal De Braye, sculpted by Arnolfo di Cambio around 1282. As proved by restorations, the statues of the Madonna included in the latter is in fact a 2nd-century BC Roman one.