The town of Orvieto is located in the Umbria region of central Italy. It is situated atop an isolated rock 195 m above the junction of the Paglia and Chiana rivers.

Orvieto's Gothic cathedral, which is one of the most celebrated in Italy, was begun in 1290 to commemorate the miracle at Bolsena, a town situated just to the southwest, where in 1263 a priest witnessed the miraculous appearance of drops of blood on a Host that he was consecrating; a large silver shrine in the Cappella (chapel) del Corporale contains the Holy Corporal (linen altar cloth) from Bolsena. The cathedral's west façade, a fine polychrome monument of richly sculptured marble, is divided into three gables with intervening pinnacles. The interior of the building is richly decorated with the work of a number of medieval sculptors and painters, notably the frescoes by Luca Signorelli and Fra Angelico in the Cappella Nuova. Many 16th-century sculptures adorn the cathedral, which was completed in 1580.

You can find more information on Orvieto Cathedral on this page (external link).

Recommended viewing from the collection:

• Façade of the Cathedral by Lorenzo Maitani,
• Frescoes in San Brizio Chapel by Luca Signorelli,
• Reliefs on the façade by Lorenzo Maitani.