We parked at the sosta, then took the funicular up the hill and the bus to the cathedral |
Looking from one of the great panels up to the spires |
Columns by the central door |
Across the facade, bronze attributes of the Evangelists |
Mosaic detail: after giving birth, Mary is having roast chicken; Vicki, with her binoculars, sees so much more than I do |
From the Baptism mosaic: most people don't know it, but the river Jordan was at one time a Blue Ribbon trout stream |
Interestingly, the nave has (beautifully-painted) timber vaulting; the transepts and chancel have the more traditional four-part Gothic stone vaulting |
The windows are half alabaster and half stained-glass |
Frescoes in the Chapel by Ugolino di Prete Ilario, 14th |
This detail shows how, when cooked, the wafer bleeds |
Moving right along to the starboard transept and the Chapel of San Brizo there, here is the ceiling painted by Fra Angelica |
Valley view from Orvieto, near the cathedral; a beautiful place |