When they first were revealed, the frescoes in the San Brizio Chapel of the majestic cathedral in Orvieto, Italy, both awed visitors and shocked them. The realistic scenes (1499-1504), portraying ...

Orvieto is one of the most striking, memorable, and enjoyable hill towns in central Italy. About 90 minutes from Rome, Orvieto sits majestically high above the valley floor atop a big chunk of ...

However, the city's most iconic attraction, which also happens to be one of the prolific travel guru Rick Steve's favorite Gothic cathedrals, is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen or simply ...