+Civita di Bagnoregio+
:the dying city; literally falling apart.
:2 rivers pass underneath the city.
:world heritage site.
:ghost town, 119 people live there in the summer,
20 people live there is the winter.
:no cars allowed.
:no attraction, just a beautiful site.
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| Town of Civita :yes, we walked up that: |
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| View from Civita |
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| Inside Civita |
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| Alex and I: Civita |
+Orvieto+
:located in Umbria region ontop of a hill.
:9th & 8th b.c. was callled VELZNA with a strong economic importance due to bronze and pottery.
:strategic location along main street that leads from Rome to Florence.
:in the early middle ages Orvieto suffered gothic invasions & was than conqured by the Byzantines to finally pass under the control of the Duohy of Spoleto. later because a free, prosperous city whoes domain exteded up to Orbetello, Validichiana, and the Tyrrhenian Sea.
:can't build or dig anymore in Orvieto or city will collapse.
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| Orvieto |
{The Duomo}
: fresco on all interior walls.
:striped black and white marble columns and exterior structure.
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| the Duomo |
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| the Duomo: inside |
{{Chapel of the Corporal}}
:within the chapel, inside a box lies a piece of cloth. the cloth is stored in the box because it was said the eucharist began to bleed during a mass falling onto the alter adorned with this piece of fabric.
{{Chapel of San Brizio by Signorelli}}
:picture depicting the last judgement.
:Devine Comedy: Dante's Last Judgement
(no pictures of chapel's allowed)
{St. Patrick's Well}
:Orvieto's main military problem throughout history was lack of water.
:the well was commissioned by Celmente III.
:Antonio Sangallo dug the well into two spiral staircases that never met.
:247 steps each way.
:lit by 70 internal windows.
:forms a double helix so that mule-drawn carts could go down and come up without colliding into each other.
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| St. Patrick's well:upward view |
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