Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Bolsena and Orvieto

We began the day by driving from the Umbrian hilltop city of Orvieto to a farming area about seven miles from the lakeside town of Bolsena, then walking along dirt roads into Bolsena.




The countryside was attractive, with large fields of yellow rapeseed 
about to be harvested, and impressive trees.



A small fraction of the hay stored in a farmer's yard



View overlooking Bolsena and Lago di Bolsena

After lunch at a lakeside restaurant we drove back to Orvieto and took a guided tour of this city, which dates back to Etruscan times and has great medieval and renaissance buildings.


Detail of the old cathedral, now superseded by the fantastic Duomo.



Street scene outside a municipal building







Three aspects of the incredible exterior of the Duomo


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