Place:Orvieto, Terni, Umbria, Italy

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NameOrvieto
Alt namesOurbibentonsource: Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 26 Sep 2002
Salpinumsource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Urbs Vetussource: Knopf Guides: Italy (1998) p 329; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Urbsvetussource: Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 26 Sep 2002
Velsnasource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Velsunasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Velznasource: Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 26 Sep 2002
Volsiniisource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 695; Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Volsinii Novasource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Volsinii Veteressource: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 9395; Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 26 Sep 2002; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
TypeTown
Coordinates42.717°N 12.117°E
Located inTerni, Umbria, Italy
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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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 faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone, called tufa.

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