Cattedrale di Orvieto
cathedral of Orvieto, Umbria, Italy
English: The Cathedral is located in Orvieto in Italy.
Exteriors
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View
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Cathedral
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Facade
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Facade
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Gable of the left part of the façade
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Top part of the façade
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Top gable and rose window
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Statues of the Prophets on the side of the rose window
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Statues of the Prohets and bronze Agnus Dei on the central gable
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Lower left part of the façade
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lower right part of the façade
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Cathedral
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side view
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side view
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Lateral view
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cosmatesque spiral
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Cosmatesque spirals at the left entrance
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Cosmatesque spirals at the central portal
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Decorations at the central portal
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close-up at decorations
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Angel, small statue over the right entrance
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Small statue over the left entrance
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Statues of Prophets beside the rose window
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Prophets
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Statues of the Apostles on top of the rose window
Mosaics on the facade
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St. Joachim, St. Anne, Nativity of Mary (above right portal)
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Presentation of Mary in the Temple (upper right part of façade)
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close-up
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Central portal
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Middle : Assumption of Mary in Glory; on the sides; the Apostles (over the central portal)
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Rose window with the Four Doctors of the Church and 52 heads of saints around it
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St. Augustinus
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Archangel Gabriel, Baptism of Christ, Annunciation of the Virgin (above left portal)
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Baptism of Christ
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Annunciation of the Virgin
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Marriage of the Virgin (top gable over left portal)
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Marriage of the Virgin
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Coronation of Mary (top of the cathedral)
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Coronation of the Virgin
Bronze doors by Emilio Greco
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Left door
Marble reliefs on the piers
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Relief on the left pier :scenes from Genesis
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Genesis : God takes a rib from Adam as he sleeps
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Genesis : creation of Eve
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Genesis : God the Father forbids Eve to pick the fruit
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Genesis : the original sin
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Genesis : expulsion from Paradise
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Genesis: Expulsion from Paradise
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Genesis : Cain and Abel making offerings to God
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Genesis : Cain kills Abel
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close-up
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Naomi teaches reading; Jubal, father of music
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relief on the second pier :scenes from the Old Testament
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OT : Adam's sepulchral urn
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OT : King David
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OT : Moses saved is presented to the Pharaoh's daughter
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Relief on the third pier : scenes of the New Testament
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NT: Angel
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NT : Annunciation
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NT : Visitation
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New testament : Birth of Jesus
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NT : Epiphany
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Relief on the right pier : the Last Judgment
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Last Judgment, close-up
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Last Judgment : the elect
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Last Judgment: the elected (close-up)
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Last Judgment : the hell (close-up)
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Last Judgment : the damned (close-up)
Bronze statues
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Lion, symbol of Mark the Evangelist
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Eagle, symbol of John the Evangelist
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Bull, symbol of Luke the Evangelist
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Angel, symbol of Matthew the Evangelist
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Lamb of God by Matteo di Ugolino da Bologna (1352)
Interiors
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Interior
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Nave
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Nave and ceiling
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Nave and right aisle
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Aisle window with alabaster panes
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Window with neo-Gothic stained glass
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Fresco
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Organ
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Organ
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"Pietà" by Ippolito Scalza (1579)
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Baptismal font
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Baptismal font
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Holy water stoup
Apse
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Cross by Maitani; stalls by Giovanni Ammannati
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Stained-glass quadrifore
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Ceiling
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Apse fresco cycle
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Fresco fragments
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Fresco cycle in apse : scenes from the life of the Virgin
Chapel of the Blessed Corporal
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Entrance
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Altar with blood-stained linen (corporal)
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Madonna of Mercy by Lippo Memmi
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Stained-glass window
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Fresco by Ugolino di Prete Ilario
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Baroque altar and "Madonna of San Brizio"
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Ceiling
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Ceiling
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Doctors of the Church
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Choir of the Apostles
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Choir of Patriarchs
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The Preaching of the Antichrist (Luca Signorelli)
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The Damned are taken to Hell and received by Demons
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Resurrection of the Flesh
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The Elect in Paradise
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The Reprobates driven to Hell
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The End of the World
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Pietà
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close-up
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Dante
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Virgil
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Ovid