Orvieto
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Orvieto is a city and comune in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical
View of Orvieto
Aerial perspective of Orvieto, showing its flat summit on a large butte of volcanic tuff
Orvieto train station, its funicular, and surrounds, June 2024
The monumental Cathedral of Orvieto
Volsinii
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Volsinii or Vulsinii, is the name of two ancient cities of Etruria, one situated on the shore of Lacus Volsiniensis, and the other on the Via Clodia, between Clusium and Forum Cassii. The latter was E
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…Procopius in the form Οὐρβιβεντός. It is also attested in Paul the Deacon (Historia Langobardorum, IV, 32). The name was adopted in contrast to the "new" Volsinii established by the Romans on a different site. Volsinii, whose origins are ancient and unknown, was one of the most prosperous cities of Etruria, as…
Bolsena at the site of Roman Volsinii. 42°38′41″N 11°59′09″E / 42.64472°N 11.98583°E / 42.64472; 11.98583
Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 460–450 BC, from Orvieto (the Niobid Krater).
Giorces Veii Apollo 1