{"id":7324,"date":"2007-05-15T20:39:20","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T03:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=7324"},"modified":"2011-12-08T10:51:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T18:51:20","slug":"orvieto-and-arrival-in-florence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2007\/05\/15\/orvieto-and-arrival-in-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"Orvieto and arrival in Florence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since we leave Roma today, its time to reflect a litte. Aviva said at one point that Rome is beautiful but messy, which captures well the feeling of the place. At one point on Capitoline hill (it was 11:30A), all the bells in Roma seemed to be chiming at once, making a wonderful racket. Its been warm here, in the 80s F I’d guess, and so I’ve been sweating a lot. Lots of sun, which is nice for the outlook but quite warm when walking around. And its soooo poluted; guess they should use that same gasoline \/ ethanol \/ ether mix we use in Chicago.<\/p>\n

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The train ticket to Orvieto from Rome<\/p><\/div>\n

We took an hour train ride to Orvieto. Its a real hill town – you take a funicular<\/a> up to the town from the train. This funicular is a cable train that goes up the hill at probably 30 – 40 degrees, They pack the car full of people.<\/p>\n

\"Ticket <\/a>
Ticket for the funicular (back) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Ticket <\/a>
Ticket for the funicular (front) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We dropped our bags at Hotel Duomo and then had lunch at a nice restaurant to the left of the Duomo.<\/p>\n

\"Card<\/a>

Card for the Hotel Duomo - looks like a nice place and the people were very helpful<\/p><\/div>\n

We shopped a little and then went inside <\/a>the Duomo of Orvieto. The facade is one of the most interesting I’ve seen with lots of carvings near street level and paintings further up.<\/p>\n

\"View <\/a>
View of the carvings at street level on the facade <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"View <\/a>
View of the carvings at street level on the facade <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"View <\/a>
View of the carvings at street level on the facade <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"View <\/a>
View of the carvings at street level on the facade <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The main entry door <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Detail <\/a>
Detail of the two side doors <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"View <\/a>
View of the paintings on the facade of the Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"View <\/a>
View of the paintings on the facade of the Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"View <\/a>
View of the paintings on the facade of the Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"View <\/a>
View of the paintings on the facade of the Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Inside it was very plain at the front, but the alter and two chapels at the back were amazing. The altar has frescoes from floor to ceiling on both sides and the back.<\/p>\n

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The altar of the Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The ceiling above the altar <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The altar of the Duomo (left) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The altar of the Duomo (right) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Inside <\/a>
Inside view of the entrance – its quite a tall building! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A frescoe on a wall inside the Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The mosaic street outside the Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A detail from “The Damned” <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Detail <\/a>
Detail from “The Resurrection” by Signorelli <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""Ritratto <\/a>
“Ritratto del Poeta Virgilio” by Signorelli <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""Ritratto <\/a>
“Ritratto di Dante” by Signorelli <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""Stories <\/a>
“Stories of the Antichrist” by Signorelli <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Detail <\/a>
Detail from “Stories of the Antichrist” showing Signorelli’s self portrait next to Fra Angelico <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""The <\/a>
“The Damned” by Signorelli <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We then visited the <\/a>museum for the Duomo, which was small but nice.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/a>
The facade of the museum – its behind the Duomo and up the stairs <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Museo <\/a>
Museo Duomo ticket (back) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Museo <\/a>
Museo Duomo ticket (front) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A Madonna and Child from the museum <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We shopped a little more; I found a multi-card digital photo reader, something not available in central Rome (I guess all the Luddites<\/a> live in Rome then).<\/p>\n

We got on a train and spent two more hours getting to Florence<\/a>. We checked into our hotel, <\/a>Hotel Calzaiuoli<\/a>, which we like a lot. But, we have a room on the street and so we’re changing in the morning for one in back – the streets of Florence are noisy. Dinner at a fast cheap place (fast-food Italian), then back to clean up and crash.<\/p>\n

\"Train <\/a>
Train ticket from Orvieto to Florence <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Mounted <\/a>
Mounted police ouside our hotel <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n
\"Enhanced<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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