Orvieto
The facade of the Cathedral Basilica of S. Maria Assunta, built from the XIII to the XVI century, is characterized by bas-reliefs which illustrate the history of Man from Creation to Judgment. Among the artists who worked there: Lorenzo Maitani, Nino and Andrea Pisano. In the upper part of the facade stands the Orcagna’s rose window. Inside, the Brizio Chapel, whose frescoes were painted by Beato Angelico, Benozzo Gozzoli and Luca Signorelli, and the Corporal Chapel painted in the mid-fourteenth century by Ugolino di Prete Ilario.
MODO (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Orvieto) includes the rooms of the Papal Palaces with the gallery of frescoes, a collection of paintings and sculptures (Simone Martini, Ippolito Scalza, Cesare Nebbia and Arnolfo di Cambio), the room of the sinopias , the Albèri Library. The Claudio Faina Museum shows one of the major Italian archaeological collections with Greek, Roman and Etruscan finds. The ancient refectory of the Abbey of Santi Severo e Martirio preserves a fresco from the last quarter of the XIII century depicting the Crucifix with some saints.
