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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.
In 1354, Orvieto, Viterbo, Narni, and nearby towns were under the Ghibelline lord Giovanni di Vico, who was frequently battling with the Papal forces. The nuns were forced to relocate inside the walls of Orvieto, likely at San Lodovico and Santa Chiara. The monastery and church of San Lorenzo were ravaged in the battles between di Vico and the ...
Ugolino di Vieri (fl. 1328 – 1380) was an Italian sculptor and goldsmith, ... the Reliquary of the Santo Corporale at the Orvieto Cathedral. ...
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.
Facade of Palazzo Comunale with Sant'Andrea belltower to left. 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 intersection of Corso Cavour and Via del Duomo divides Orvieto into four quarters (rione): Serancia, San Giovenale, Postierla, and Santa Pace. The street runnin north along the flank of the Tower leads to the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo; south to the Duomo. In 1875, the clock was added to the tower, as well as two bells.
San Lodovico is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church and former monastery located on 5 Piazza de' Ranieri in Orvieto, Umbria, central Italy. The monastery (Istituto San Lodovico) is occupied by Sisters of the Company of Maria Nostra Signora, a religious order which runs a nursery school and hostel lodgings.
The Palazzo Conte Bracci, also called Bracci Testasecca is an aristocratic palace located on Piazza del Popolo in the historic center of Orvieto in the Region of Umbria, Italy. It stands directly across from the Gothic architecture Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo , and separated by the alleyway of Via del Costituente from the deconsecrated ...