Part of an allegorical mural- a nice palate cleanser after all of the dudes on the Duomo

I love how you can see the layers of the centuries just casually under someone's house.

Figure on top of the Roman gate on the west side.

Amazing to stand by a wall hundreds of years old and watch the sun rise yet again.

Church of Saint John the Evangelist. Almost literally within spitting distance of two other churches

Horse chestnut, apparently. I immediately think of Mr. Darcy talking about the horse chestnut tree.

One of the better balcony gardens I saw. Succulents are big here.

Can't remember which church. They're like Walgreens and CVS here.

Chiesa di San Giovenale. Maybe my favorite here. Simple but solid.

Understudy in this morning's opera, I'm told.

There were eight of these, all different, set in two doors down the steeet from my hotel.

Day 4 - more Orvieto - Morvieto?

30 juni, Italië ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

I was awake at 3 a.m. and couldn’t go back to sleep, partly because of the fully staged CAT OPERA happening outside my window. Jellicle indeed. Anyway, I finally got up at 5:30 or so and went for a walk around town. Leisurely pace because I took a thousand pics.

Italian and Spanish residential neighborhoods are so interesting. The little streets feel like alleys to this American, with doorways and front walls inches from the street. It seems that the focus in residential architecture/real estate usage here is on the inner life, not the (chemically enhanced) lawn out front. Make of that what you will.

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