What to see
The Duomo
, built during the years 1290-1320, is a Gothic-Romanesque
style church, its facade a mix of marble and mosaics. Inside Duomo
Luca Signorelli's frescoes
(1499) in San Brizio's Chapel.
The
Pozzo di San Patrizio
(Saint Patrick's well) is a well built in the period 1527-1537, based on a
design of Antonio da Sangallo,
and its famous
double helix staircase
(something like
DNA :-) will let you walk down into the well (62 meters or 200 feet, 248 steps
for each ramp) and come back up again
without retracing your steps. It was useful to carry out water with donkeys.
The
Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo
(1160),
which was the city hall in the Middle Ages, has now been transformed into a
convention center.
Next to the Duomo, the
There is also an Etruscan Museum in front of the cathedral and an
