Chapel Window Orvieto Italy Canvas Print

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Orvieto Italy sits atop a cliff of tufo rock but you can walk all the way around the city at the base of the cliff. Along the way you discover the Church of Crocefisso del Tufo, a tiny chapel dug into the cliffside. While there are descriptions of what is inside, unfortunately it was closed and locked on the day that I walked by. The nearby sign explaining the chapel and nearly Etruscan necropolis has some graffiti on it noting that ‘Chiusa – Closed” (Church closed). However, the little jar of berry-laden branches on the window to the chapel was charming. The legend regarding the early days of the chapel has it that the tiny chapel of Crocefisso del Tufo dates to the period of the Goths (6th century). An inscription inside the chapel tells of a soldier who was unjustly accused by his comrades of theft and homicide and threw himself over the cliff. As he was falling he invoked the Crucifix he was wearing, and was miraculously unharmed. As thanks he then carved the image of Christ...

Protected with PIXSY About Joan Carroll: I am a Fort Worth Texas-based outdoor photographer who feels at home while on the road...in Texas, in the US, around the world. Although travel and photography were dual interests from a young age, the coming of the digital camera provided undreamed of opportunities and unleashed previously untapped creativity. My photographic goal is to travel the world in a curious yet respectful way, taking the time to see and understand the unique story of each place I visit. Wherever I go I want to walk every street, hike every trail, ride the bus or metro, climb every tower, walk around and through every monument, and then do it all over again when the light changes. In every place, light, mood, color, and...