It's raining lightly on the first day of spring here in Orvieto. The light for photography is still poorly and sickly so we rose early in the hope of getting some good early morning shots as we wandered the empty streets. We set out at about 5:00 am and headed roughly in the direction of the Duomo, or Cathedral. It was not at all cold, and I was comfortable in a T-shirt until after dawn when it got quite chilly. The Duomo has an impressive facade, and though it was not open in the early hours, the detail on the facade was enough reward. The facade is extremely ornate with lots of narrative sculpture over the whole of the area. There are three huge bronze double doors across the front, with very large figures in bronze relief. The frontage is composed of numerous bas-reliefs, bronze statues huge religious images that must be mosaic and columns embellished with glittering patterns of golden mosaics. We took some photographs which will find their way to the photo pages of Orvieto...