Orvieto 9/27/22

Today we all took a drive south to the Umbrian city of Orvieto. It is a hill town with its own personality. We began with a fun funicular ride to the top of the hill.

Orvieto is dominated by its beautiful Duomo with a facade of mosaics and sculptures telling stories from the Bible.

The Duomo interior with its striped columns and statues of the twelve apostles. The stained glass window is original from the 14th century.
Marble Pietà from 1579 by Ippolito Scalza. All carved from a single block of marble. Amazing!
Fresco by Luca Signorelli of the elect in heaven
Another fresco by Signorelli in the Duomo

Orvieto is a lovely town to just wander around and delight in the views and the cute walkways and of course discover more churches!

Church of Saint’ Andrea
Fresco from 11th century
Rooftops
This must be our street!
I love the names of their alleys. This is the Alley of the Sweets.
Judy and Tim admiring the Duomo
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  1. Holly Freeman's avatar Holly Freeman says:
    October 16, 2022 at 12:44 am

    So lovely. We have been there a couple times enjoyed a parade through town. It was January and sunny and cold. We love that town.

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