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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.
The comune of Orvieto. Orvieto is an Italian wine region located in Umbria and Lazio, centered on the comune of Orvieto.It is primarily known for its white wines made from a blend of mostly Grechetto and Trebbiano, which is sold under the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) Orvieto and Orvieto Classico.
Orvieto ware is tin-glazed earthenware originally manufactured at Orvieto, Italy, where it was produced from the 13th century. [ 1 ] Orvieto ware is mostly of green or manganese purple color [ 1 ] or brown [ 2 ] (similar to their faience ( Paterna ware ) templates from Paterna , Spain), but also blue or yellow.
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.
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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.
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.
Palazzo Netti is a Neo-Renaissance architecture palace located on Via Lorenzo Maitani #9, the alley that leads west from the central portal of the Duomo of Orvieto in the region of Umbria, Italy. The palace originally belonged to the family of Vincenzo Durante, bishop of Orvieto from 1529 to 1541, then to the Vespi family.