Umbria
Orvieto
Orvieto sits on a volcanic tuff plateau whose geology shaped almost every phase of its history. Etruscan tombs, medieval churches, papal refuge, deep wells and thousands of excavated cavities turn the city into a study of how people repeatedly engineered the same cliff for worship, defence, water, trade and daily life.
Stories in Orvieto
- Duomo — A Cathedral Built Around a Miracle
- Pozzo di San Patrizio — Water for a Papal Refuge
- Orvieto Underground — The City Carved Out of Its Own Rock
- Crocifisso del Tufo — An Etruscan City of the Dead
- Palazzo del Popolo — When the Commune Needed a Stage
- San Giovenale — Orvieto Before the Grand Cathedral
- Torre del Moro — Civic Time Above the Rooftops
- Pozzo della Cava — A Renaissance Well Through Older Layers