How To Get To Orvieto's Duomo Taking The Train

In my last post, I shared a picture of the Duomo in Orvieto. It is a magnificent gothic cathedral constructed in the middle ages.

To get to the Duomo from the train station, I suggest that once in the train station you pick up a map of the city for about one euro. You can get it in the BAR (cafe) inside the station. Then you walk across the street to what is called the Funicolare.

At the Funicolare, you'll enter and buy two tickets with the FS train discount. They'll ask to see your train ticket, they'll stamp it, and give you your discounted tickets. Using the ticket, you should step inside the tram there which will take you up the hill. It is a steep path and I don't know how you can get up the mountain walking it unless you take a road up there which might be less direct.

Once you're up in the hill, you are in Orvieto, on the remains of a volcano. The town is quite a nice little place with the sort of feel you get in Assisi. There are winding streets, etc.

Anyway, you get off the tram when it stops. Then outside the door take the bus to the Duomo. If you don't want to take the bus, it is about 5 city blocks to get there on foot. I don't recommend going on Via Postierla on foot because the one car road is narrow and they drive fast.

Orvieto, Italy: Part One - The Duomo

The Duomo in Orvieto, Italy, houses some magnificent works of art from talented artists such as Fra Angelico. Its biggest claim to fame in the Catholic world, however, lies in the fact that it houses the Eucharistic miracle of Orvieto.

Apparently a priest was doubting the True Presence during the Consecration and the Host bled. The corporal is preserved in the Blessed Sacrament chapel above the Tabernacle. A year later, the Pope instituted the feast of Corpus Christi.

Here is a photo of the corporal as found in the cathedral:




Another very impressive sight within the Duomo of Orvieto is the Chapel which hosts the famous frescos of the Last Judgement and a work done by Fra Angelico. To get into that chapel, one must pay a fee of about 5 euro at the time of writing which also gives a person admission to the museum connected to the church outside.

I did not go to the museum as I didn't have the time so I can't comment on what was in there. I must say that the Last Judgement is truly a massive and moving piece of art and something that shouldn't be missed.