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Places to see in ( Todi - Italy )

Places to see in ( Todi - Italy )

Todi is a hilltop town in Umbria, Italy. Among the medieval buildings framing the central Piazza del Popolo are the People’s Palace and the Captain’s Palace. The latter houses the Civic Museum and Gallery. Beneath the square are 2 Roman cisterns, part of a series of subterranean tunnels and wells dating from as far back as the 2nd century B.C. The facade of the centuries-old Todi Cathedral features a rose window.

Almost all Todi's main medieval monuments — the co-cathedral church (Duomo), the Palazzo del Capitano, the Palazzo del Priore and the Palazzo del Popolo — front on the main square (Piazza del Popolo) on the lower breast of the hill: the piazza is often used as a movie set. The whole landscape is sited over some huge ancient Roman cisterns, with more than 500 pits, which remained in use until 1925.

Todi Cathedral (11th century) is a Gothic edifice on the Lombard plan, said to be erected over an ancient Roman building, probably a temple dedicated to Apollo. The current church was almost totally rebuilt after a fire in 1190. The main feature of the squarish façade is the central great rose-window, added in 1513. Of the same period is the wooden door of the portal, by Antonio Bencivenni from Mercatello, of which only the four upper panels remain today.

The church follows the plan of the Latin cross, with a nave and two aisles. Bonifacio VIII allegedly had a second aisle on one side, commonly known as La navatina. The counter-façade is occupied by a giant fresco depicting the Universal Judgment by Ferraù Faenzone, called Il Faenzone, a work commissioned by Cardinal Angelo Cesi, in which the influence, if nowhere near the genius, of Michelangelo is easily discerned. The choir includes the Gothic altar and a magnificent wooden choir-enclosure (1521) with two floors. One important work of art is the 13th century Crucifixion of the Umbrian school.

The People's Palace is a Lombard-Gothic construction already existing in 1213, and is one of the most ancient communal palaces in Italy. It comprises two great halls: the Sala Grande Inferiore, or Sala delle Pietre, and the Sala Grande Superiore, housing the city's Art Gallery. The Captain's Palace, in Italian Gothic style, was built around 1293 and named New Communal Palace to differentiate it from the former one.

The Priors' Palace is located in the southern side of the Piazza, facing the Cathedral. It was begun in 1293 and later enlarged as seat of the podestà, priors and the Papal governors. The trapezoidal tower was originally lower, and had Guelph merlons. The façade includes a big bronze eagle by Giovanni di Giliaccio (1347). Located at the left of the Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace was built in 1593 by Cardinal Angelo Cesi at his own expense. His crest is visible over the great portal, attributed to Vignola. The upper floors include a room frescoed by Ferraù Fenzoni and a gallery frescoed by Andrea Polinori in 1629.

San Fortunato -The church and the sparse ruins of a medieval fortress (Rocca) lie on the other crest of the hill on which the city is built. Santa Maria della Consolazione -The domed Renaissance church of (begun in 1508), located on the flank of the city hill, just outside the walls, is often attributed, although without sufficient reason, to Bramante.

Todi is surrounded by three more or less complete concentric walls: the outermost is medieval, the middle wall is Roman, and the innermost is recognizable as partly Etruscan. Sights include also a colossal Roman niched substructure of uncertain purpose (the Nicchioni), the slight ruins of a Roman amphitheatre, about a dozen smaller churches, and a few Renaissance or classical palazzi, among which the most important is one by Vignola, round out the sights. The neighbourhood of the city has many historical castles, fortresses and ancient churches including the famous Todi Castle in Umbria which was once used for the purpose of war has now been restored by the Santoro family and is used as a vacation spot for visitors.

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UMBRIA - CITERNA antico borgo medievale [Full HD]

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Il borgo medievale di Citerna si trova in provincia di Perugia e sorprende i visitatori con camminamenti di grande suggestione, mura, torri e un complesso sistema di cunicoli.

E' unica tra i borghi del centro Italia per la sua rarissima struttura architettonica organizzata su due livelli urbanistici sovrapposti: il borgo medioevale con strade, vicoli, monumenti, punti panoramici da cui abbracciare l'intera Valle del Tevere e, nel sottosuolo gli ammassi con camminamenti, percorsi, volte e antiche cisterne per la raccolta di acque piovane, che danno origine al nome del borgo.

Di antiche origini etrusche il suo territorio fu densamente popolato anche in età romana come è attestato dai ritrovamenti di fittili e monete in tutto il territorio. Nel periodo medioevale fu aspramente contesa tra la ghibellina Arezzo e la guelfa Città di Castello, divenendo ambito feudo delle più potenti famiglie dell'epoca.

Nel 1463 passò allo Stato Pontificio che nel 1500 la concesse in vicariato alla famiglia Vitelli di Città di Castello che con alterne vicende, arrichendola di monumenti e opere d'arte, la resse fino alla fine del XVII secolo. Nel 1849 ospitò Garibaldi mentre si ritirava verso Ravenna e nel 1860, prima fra tutte le città umbre, entrò a far parte del Regno d'Italia.

Citerna ospita un'opera di grande pregio, che è la Madonna col Bambino di Donatello, opere di Pomarancio, scuola di Raffaellino dal Colle e Signorelli. (testo di:Loredana Corina Bobinca Berbece)
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It is the only village in the Italian center having a rare architectural based on two urban overlapping lyers: the medieval village with its streets, alleys, monuments and viewponts from where to see the entire upper Tibber valley.
In the underground layer there are clusters with walkways, vaulted ancient cisterns for the water gathering that gives the name to village.
With its ancient Etruscan origin its territory was densely populated also in Roman times, as is testified by fictiles and coins, found all around the area. During the Middle Ages it was a bitter bone of contention between Ghibelline Arezzo and Guelph Città di Castello. In 1463 it passed to the Papal - State and in the year 1500 Citerna was given in vicar to the family Vitelli from Città di Castello, which with alternate events and after having it enriched with work of art and monuments, kept it until the end of the XVII century. In 1849, Citerna gave hospitality to Garibaldi whilst he retreated towrds Ravenna and in 1860 it entered, being the first Umbrian town, to be part of the Italian Kingdom.
Citerna hosts a work of great value, which is the Madonna and Child by Donatello, newly restored, works of Pomarancio and Raffaellino dal Colle's school and Signorelli's school.

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