A new photo of Orvieto

Tomorrow we're packing up and heading south to meet relatives in southern Italy. Today we spent the morning in Montefiascone, a quiet little town about 15 miles to the south, unremarkable except that it's been a refuge for Popes in the past and it's the producer of a well-known white wine called Est! Est!! Est!!!

As we drove south from Orvieto we came upon a belvedere, a spot with a view of the city from the opposite hillside. We'll add this final panoramic photo of Orvieto to our collection. The photo is large, as large as blogspot will allow, so please click on the image you see here to zoom into the photo.

The Duomo, or Cathedral, faces the camera at the right. Near the center of the photo are some arches that support the road to the town. Our apartment was directly above the arches. The trees you see above the arches are full grown, perhaps 75 feet tall, and we look down on their tops from above.

The sheer cliffs are imposing. The Romans took Orvieto from the Etruscans by laying siege to the town. The siege lasted to two years.

A last look at a beautiful town.