A town in the province of Terni in Umbria, central Italy. It is located about 100 km north-northwest of Rome. There is a 195m-high rocky mountain on the plain, the summit of which can be reached by a cable car. Founded by the Etruscans, it was the center of the County of Lombardy in the Middle Ages, and became a Papal State in 1157. There is a 13th-century palace and the Orvieto Cathedral, and two other Gothic buildings are nearby. Sant'Andrea and San Giovenare are Romanesque churches built in the 11th to 13th centuries. There are railroads and roads leading to Rome and Florence. Pottery and lacemaking are thriving in the town, and Orvieto wine is famous as a white wine. Population 21,362 (1991 estimate). Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
イタリア中部,ウンブリア州テルニ県の町。ローマの北北西約 100kmにある。平野部に高さ 195mの岩山があり,ケーブルカーによって頂上に達する。エトルリア人に建設され,中世にはロンバルディア伯領の中心地となり,1157年教皇領となった。 13世紀の宮殿やオルビエト大聖堂があり,付近には2つのゴシック建築がある。サンタンドレアおよびサンジョベナレは 11~13世紀に造られたロマネスク様式の聖堂。鉄道,道路でローマ,フィレンツェに通じる。窯業,レース編みが盛んで,オルビエトワインで知られる白ワインは有名。人口2万 1362 (1991推計) 。
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