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04Dec 2022
The Church of Saints Andrea and Bartolomeo
The Collegiate Church of Saints Andrea and Bartolomeo, better known as the Church of Saint Andrea, in its current appearance is the result of the integral restoration carried out between 1926 and 1929 according to the project of Gustavo Giovannoni who restored what was remained of the original medieval building, reinvented the upper part of […]
04Dec 2022
The oxen market
The oxen market, today a parking lot, was built in 1874 by the engineer Paolo Zampi, director of the Town Planning Office. The work, important for the development of the agricultural economy, was part of a larger reorganization project for access to the city through the Porta Romana and aimed at obtaining a large flat […]
01Nov 2022
Necropolis of Vallone San Lorenzo
The Umbrian-Etruscan Necropolis of Vallone San Lorenzo is located between Montecchio and Baschi in the Tiber River Park, along the slopes descending towards the San Lorenzo stream, a small tributary of the river. It is one of the largest pre-Roman necropolises discovered in Umbria so far, which testifies to the existence of a thriving center, […]
13Aug 2022
The ruins of "Conventaccio"
A few kilometres from the Monte Nibbio pass, in a dominant position over the Chiani valley in the direction of Orvieto, are the ruins of the ‘Conventaccio’. Of the imposing structure, whose original function is unknown, we can see the remains of a quadrangular wall, built with square ashlars of grey stone arranged in regular […]
23Feb 2022
Porta Postierla, renamed Soliana or the Rocca
Tutti gli articoliPORTA ROCCA To the early twentieth century traveler Olave Potter the entrance to Orvieto through Porta Maggiore was anything but cheerful, for the arch was gloomy and the road within dark and steep. Porta Rocca, located at the very tip of the tufa mass, almost seems suspended over the underlying valley through which […]
23Feb 2022
the ruins of the 'Conventaccio'
A few kilometres from the Monte Nibbio pass, in a dominant position over the Chiani valley in the direction of Orvieto, are the ruins of the ‘Conventaccio’. Of the imposing structure, whose original function is unknown, we can see the remains of a quadrangular wall, built with square ashlars of grey stone arranged in regular […]
23Feb 2022
The parish church of Bagni
The parish church of S. Giovanni Battista is located in the upper part of the village of Bagni, along the road that leads from Orvieto to Ficulle. The church is part of a complex of buildings, including the rectory house. It has a simple plastered façade ending in a tympanum and has a round-arched portal […]
27Jan 2022
church of the Good Jesus
The church is close to the monastery of the Poor Clares and was built thanks to a bequest of Muzio Cappelletti, a rich merchant of Allerona. The laying of the first stone took place on June 19, 1618 in the presence of Bishop Giacomo Sannesio and the consecration in 1740 by Bishop Giuseppe dei Conti […]
23Jan 2022
Church of Saint Bernardino
Along the Via Soliana is the church of San Bernardino, an important example of Baroque architecture in the city of Orvieto. The church is grafted into the little space left free between the pre-existing Palazzo Crispo Marsciano and the rooms of the monastery that, together with the adjoining oratory, was founded starting from 1462 at […]
20Jan 2022
Poggio Montone and its history
Poggio Montone, a hamlet of the Municipality of Orvieto known for the calanco that takes its name, is located in Montone[1]. Until the last decade of the nineteenth century, it had a part in a hilly position, Poggio Montone, and a part in a flat area, Pian Montone, a toponym that has now disappeared. Despite […]
11Apr 2020
Cliff and man-made caves
Cliff and man-made caves The southern side of the Cliff, with the many man-made cavities that open onto the valley below, gives us a chance to see what is hidden inside the volcanic mass on which the city stands. Originally these caves did not communicate directly with the outside world but as time passed parts […]
10Apr 2020
The Cave of the “Fossil Tree Trunks”
The Cave of the “Fossil Tree Trunks” The Cliff of Orvieto contains countless treasures and one of the most fascinating is the evidence of a far-distant past, way before man appeared on the scene. In some of the caves in the sides of the tufa cliff there are cylindrical cavities, some in a vertical position, […]
09Apr 2020
THE NECROPOLIS OF CROCEFISSO DEL TUFO
The necropoli of the Etruscan city of Velzna were explored at various times in the course of the nineteenth-and twentieth-century and supplied us with fundamental evidence concerning the development, prosperity and decline of the Etruscan center. The necropolis of Crocefisso del Tufo, named after a rock-cut chapel close by, stretches out along the northern slopes […]
02Apr 2020
church of S. Domenico
CHIESA DI S. DOMENICO= Everyone thinks the church of San Domenico was the first church founded by dominicans. It was built over an ancient pagan temple. It was built with three naves but only the apse and the transept remain. The rest of the body of the church was demolished in the first half of […]
04Jan 2015
Basilica of Santa Cristina (Bolsena)
15Jun 2014
Necropolis of Lauscello (Castel Giorgio)
14Jun 2014
St. Patrick well
13Jun 2014
Hescanas tomb (Porano)
11Jun 2014
Madonna of the Veil
10Jun 2014
Capuchin monastery
09Jun 2014
St. Andrew Church
05Jun 2014
Church of San Domenico
03Jun 2014
Aqueduct of the thirteenth century
THE MEDIEVAL AQUEDUCT In the second half of the 13th century, at the apex of its most florid period, the Commune of Orvieto began two imposing projects, both of which were to change the face of the city in the centuries to come: the aqueduct and the new Cathedral. “They had begun to think of […]
02Jun 2014
The Cathedral of Orvieto
02Jun 2014
Villa Cahen (Allerona)
01Jun 2014
Saint Peter Aquaeortus village (Allerona)
31May 2014
Triple point (border between Umbria,Lazio and Tuscany)
30May 2014
Astronomical Observatory (Natural Reserve Rufeno Mount)
30May 2014
Old mill on the Grossano creek (Allerona)
29May 2014
Montalfina Castle (Castel Giorgio)
28May 2014
Mausoleum of the Marquis Cahen (Torre Alfina)
27May 2014
Meana village (Allerona)
26May 2014
Top of Mount Cetona
25May 2014
Quarry Bianchi (Natural Reserve Rufeno Mount)
23May 2014