Chef alla Ribalta in Orvieto
Orvieto (Tr). For the entire month of August and right up to September 5th, Orvieto's Palazzo del Gusto - in the former Convent of San Giovanni - will be hosting this year's edition of the "Cantine alla Ribalta - Chef alla Ribalta wine and food event, with tastings and special dinners scheduled both at the Palazzo itself and in a number of restaurants around town....[more]


Celebrating Lorenzo Maitani at the Museo Opera del Duomo
Orvieto (Tr). Up until November 13th the Museo Opera del Duomo will be paying tribute to the legendary Sienese architect Lorenzo Maitani, whose designs for the Duomo of Orvieto have helped put the city on the global map. The show features, among other artefacts, the original drawings Maitani made for the façade of the building in 1310, probably the oldest surviving architectural designs in the world....[more]


Lorenzo Maitani Exhibition at the Museo Opera del Duomo
Orvieto (TR). Until November 13th the Museo Opera del Duomo will be running a show devoted to the architect who designed the Duomo of Orvieto, Lorenzo Maitani, as part of the celebrations to mark the 700th anniversary of the refounding of the city's legendary cathedral. Along with Maitani's original drawings of the facade - probably among the oldest existing architectural designs in the world - there will be a rich collection of archive documentation and a number of artworks from the period, some of which have never previously been displayed to the public in their restored form....[more]