Orvieto

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Orvieto

Total population

4,958

Coordinates42.72°, 12.11°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Orvieto is a city and comune in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Bonaventura Tecchi

Italian writer and germanist (1896–1968)

Luigi Cascioli

Italian writer (1934-2010)

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Luigi Giacosi

Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer

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Domenico Pastorello

Catholic priest

F

Francesco Monaldeschi

catholic bishop

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Lorenzo Brunelli

Italian composer

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Luigi Di Majo

Italian lawyer

Mario Andrea Bartolini

Italian politician (1930–2019)

Giuseppe Cimicchi

Italian aviator (1913-1992)

R

Romolo Brunelli

Italian composer

Carlo Petrangeli

Italian actor

Vincenzo Bonaventura Medori

E

Enzo Bandelloni

R

Riccardo Cotarella

Italian oenologist, founder of the wine company Azienda Vinicola Falesco

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Silvestro da Bagnoregio

Italian Augustinian theologian (-1485)

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Buonconte Monaldeschi

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Umbria

• Sferracavallo
  0.8 mi away · pop. 1,919
• Orvieto Scalo
  1.2 mi away · pop. 2,186
• La Svolta
  1.5 mi away
• Ciconia
  1.6 mi away · pop. 4,349
• Canale Nuovo
  2.5 mi away · pop. 564
• Porano
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,570
• Sugano
  2.7 mi away · pop. 290
• Colonnetta di Prodo
  5.1 mi away · pop. 220
• Pianlungo
  5.7 mi away · pop. 753
• Allerona Scalo
  5.8 mi away · pop. 1,081
• Monterubiaglio
  5.9 mi away · pop. 533
• Castel Viscardo
  6 mi away · pop. 967

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