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Palazzo Soliano

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Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
Palazzo Soliano
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Piazza del Duomo, Orvieto, Italy

Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, was the refuge of five popes during the 13th century: Urban IV , Gregory X , Martin IV , Nicholas IV and Boniface VIII . During this time, the popes took up residence in the Papal Palace of Orvieto , which was adjacent to the Orvieto Cathedral and expanded onto the bishop's residence. None of these popes died in Orvieto, and thus no papal elections took place in there, nor are there any papal tombs. Political and strategic reasons motivated the frequent moves of the pope and Roman Curia during this period, and other destinations include Viterbo and Perugia. Urban IV and Martin IV resided in both Viterbo and Orvieto. During the period from the reign of Nicholas IV to Benedict XI , Orvieto hosted the pope more frequently than Rome. Art historian Gary M. Radke notes that the papal palaces in Viterbo and Orvieto are the most extensive thirteenth-century papal palaces to survive to our own day. He dates the frescoes in the palace to the 1290s, during the reign of Nicholas IV or Boniface VIII. They display naturalistic impulses in the Gothic style.
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