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La Badia.

The abbey is located 3 km just outside of Orvieto,  and emerges with its dodecagonal bell-tower among olive groves and vineyards. It is a monumental complex that attracts the people which passes on the road circling Orvieto's tufa rock. First news dates back to the 12th C  and the abbey can be considered one of the most important examples of Medieval architecture.

It has a lovely cloister very fascinating. In the ancient refectory  and in the church houses a big "Crucifixion and Saints" and some of the most important frescos of Umbrian school. Next is the oratory with a fresco of "Madonna, Child and Saints Agostino and Severo". In the same place are also preserved some 13th C frescos among which a beautiful Annunciation recalling Pietro Lorenzetti style. The complex has been converted in hotel and restaurant.  

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