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...
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Orvieto Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Orvieto; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a large 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption...
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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...
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Luca Signorelli (section Work in Orvieto)
foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece. In his early 40s he returned...
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Orvieto is a city and comune in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy. Orvieto may also refer to: Orvieto (album), live album by pianists...
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Orvieto ware is tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) originally manufactured at Orvieto, Italy, where it was produced from the 13th century. Orvieto ware...
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The Orvieto Funicular (Italian: Funicolare di Orvieto) is a funicular railway in the Italian city of Orvieto. It connects Orvieto station with Piazza...
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The National Archaeological Museum of Orvieto is a museum in Orvieto, region of Umbria, Italy. It is located adjacent to the Duomo in the Gothic-style...
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The Diocese of Orvieto-Todi (Latin: Dioecesis Urbevetana-Tudertina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in central...
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di Risparmio di Orvieto S.p.A. is an Italian bank based in Orvieto, in the Province of Terni, Umbria. Cassa di Risparmio di Orvieto was found in 1863...
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Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, was the refuge of five popes during the 13th century: Urban IV (1261–1264), Gregory X (1271–1276), Martin IV (1281–1285), Nicholas...
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architecture, Roman Catholic church on the Piazza della Repubblica in Orvieto, region of Umbria, Italy. It dates to the 12th century and is noted for...
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Ugolino of Forlì (redirect from Ugolino of Orvieto)
Ugolino of Forlì (Italian: Ugolino da Forlì) or Ugolino of Orvieto (Italian: Ugolino da Orvieto; c. 1380 – c. 23–31 January 1452) was an Italian music theorist...
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Giovanna da Orvieto (1264 - 23 July 1306) was an Italian Dominican tertiary. She was known for her wise intellect and for her intense devotion to serving...
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Chiesa di San Giovenale is a church in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. Initially constructed in 1004, it contains frescos and artworks from the 12th and 13th...
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Lattanzi in Orvieto, Umbria, central Italy. The structure is used mainly for exhibitions or events linked to the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Orvieto (Museum...
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Italian Gothic architecture (section Orvieto Cathedral)
beams across the nave to support the upper walls. Facade of Orvieto Cathedral Nave of Orvieto Cathedral Milan Cathedral, also called the Duomo, was begun...
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Brizio in Orvieto Cathedral (1499–1504). Michelangelo was inspired for his The Last Judgment by observing Signorelli's frescoes in Orvieto. In this scene...
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Pozzo di San Patrizio (category Buildings and structures in Orvieto)
di San Patrizio (English: "Well of St. Patrick") is a historic well in Orvieto, Umbria, central Italy. The city is high on the flat summit of a large...
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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...
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Teatro Mancinelli (redirect from Teatro Mancinelli, Orvieto)
Teatro Mancinelli is the main theater stage in Orvieto for live dramatic and musical performances. Located at the site of the former Palazzo Orienti,...
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architecture, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Ventinove Marzo in Orvieto, Umbria, central Italy. Putatively this was the site of the former pagan...
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Pietro di Niccolò da Orvieto (1430–1484) was an Italian Renaissance painter. Not much is known about Pietro di Niccolò da Orvieto's life except through...
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Hugolino of Orvieto, O.S.A. was an important Scholastic theologian and Augustinian friar of the fourteenth century, representing the Augustinian School...
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Ippolito Scalza (category People from Orvieto)
Renaissance, active in his native Orvieto as well as Todi and other towns in Umbria. Ippolito was born in Orvieto to a family of moderate resources;...
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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. The site...
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administratively a frazione of the comune of Orvieto, province of Terni. Titignano is about 63 km from Terni and 30 km from Orvieto, and it's located north to the Corbara...
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the historic center of Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. It was consecrated in 1266. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orvieto-Todi. The adjacent monastery...
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Mass. Today the Corporal of Bolsena is preserved in a rich reliquary at Orvieto in the cathedral. The reddish spots on the cloth, upon close observation...
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Laura Orvieto, born Laura Cantoni (7 March 1876 - 9 May 1953) was a Jewish Italian writer, intellectual and women's rights activist. Many of her most...
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