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Orvieto - Bishop’s Palace (Palazzo del Vescovado)

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The Bishop’s Palace was originally built in ORVIETO (TR – UMBRIA) in 977 by Benedict VII. Popes, Cardinals and Bishops continued to add rooms and decoration as time passed. The Gothic arches of what was once a chapel are visible inside, while outside the two-light and lovely pointed three-light windows overlook the piazza. The decorative elements of the capitals, the quatrefoils and broad band of projecting and receding checkerboard design, bear witness to the imposing building program and the high level of art in Orvieto in the second half of the thirteenth century. Some of the rooms in the palace are now the premises of the National Archaeological Museum.

Restoration project

Restoration of the flooring. Main formats using aged 30x15x2.5 cm rectangular tiles.