Orvieto
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| - | Place: [[Orvieto]] (Cattedrale) | + | '''Orvieto''' is a city in southwestern [[Umbria]], [[Italy]] situated on the flat summit of a large [[butte]] of volcanic [[tuff]]. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tuff<!--NOT tufa--> cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone. |
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Orvieto is a city in southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone.
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