Todi, ‘the World’s Most Livable City’ (full-day) Come with me to Todi to discover why this Umbrian hilltown has been baptized “the world’s most livable city.” Perched on a double-crested hill overlooking…
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In my recent Todi talk, we joined with exhuberant locals in celebrating their patron saint and explored the wonders of medieval and Renaissance architecture. On returning to Todi, we’ll discover contemporary as…
Don’t leave the 13th-century cathedral of Todi before heading underground. To the left of the altar, steps lead down into the 13th-century crypt, perhaps once Todi’s baptistery. Stone remnants from the…
When you come out of Todi’s Duomo, the Piazza del Popolo spreads out before you like a medieval stage set: Opposite the Duomo is the primary seat of civic power, the mid-14th-century Palazzo…
Famed American sculptor of monumental works, Beverly Pepper is now a household word in Todi, especially since the inauguration of il Parco di Beverly Pepper in 2019. Pepper and journalist husband Curtis…
Rising proudly at the end of Piazza del Popolo, the origins of Todi’s Duomo (cathedral), Santa Maria Annunziata, are uncertain. Construction probably started at the end of the 12th-century on site of a pre-existing…
Let’s head together to Todi, “the world’s most livable city.” Perched on a double-crested hill overlooking the Tiber River, Umbrian hill town Todi commands splendid views in every direction. Overlooking the valley…
Certamente, the Church of San Fortunato is to be celebrated – and not only on October 14th. the Festa di San Fortunato, patron saint of Todi. His church looks out from the…
Bordering a Todi hill side, Santa Maria della Consolazione rises like a veritable temple, “perhaps the most limpid of all classical architecture that has been built in Italy”:And like most temples, Santa…
Perched on a double-crested hill overlooking the Tiber River, Umbria hill town Todi – “the world’s most livable city” – commands distant views in every direction. Its “livable” appellation was attached to…