The main door and the Loggia of the Palace of the Popes in downtown Viterbo - stock photo

Viterbo, Italy, February 11 -- The staircase, the main door and the pointed arches of the Loggia of the Palace of the Popes (Palazzo dei Papi) in the square of the Cathedral of Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo), the main church of Viterbo, the capital of the ancient Tuscia region. This suggestive medieval town stands on the route of the ancient Via Francigena which in medieval times connected the regions of France to Rome up to the commercial ports of Puglia to reach the Holy Land. Image in High Definition format.