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Rita_ Says: The Basilica-Cathedral (officially the Church of St. Maria Annunziata) dominates the splendid Piazza del Popolo in the center of town. It was built in the 11th century on the site where a Roman temple built in 555 (probably dedicated to Apollo) originally stood. Inside this...
Rita_ Says: San Fortunato is a Palaeo-Christian temple (7th century) of which two lion sculptures on the entrance portal remain. In the lower level it is possible to visit the tumb of S.Fortunato and the grave of Jacopone. From the top of the curch bell tower it is possible to admire a...
Rita_ Says: 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)....
Roman Cistern: the invisible city
Rita_ Says: A large cistern is located under the west side of Piazza del Popolo. The construction is made up of 12 rectangular areas. The enviroments are communicating through the use of arch passages and represent one or more opening from which water could be extracted.With its large...
Church of St. Maria Annunziata
karenincalifornia Says: The Basilica-Cathedral (officially the Church of St. Maria Annunziata) dominates the town square in the center of town. It was built in the 11th century on the site where a temple built in 555 originally stood. Inside this church are beautiful frescoes, paintings and stained...
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Cavour Ristorante Pizzeria: Italian Garden dining
poortrekkers Says: On an exceptionally lovely, warm spring evening in Umbria, my husband and I were searching in Todi for "al fresco" dining, but all the piazza restaurants seem to be closed for the evening. A local directed us to Restaurant Cavour. Well, it did not look like much from its...
Antica Osteria delle Valle: Little Italian Osteria
karenincalifornia Says: For our first evening meal in Umbria, we ate at the Antica Osteria delle Valle ("Old Tavern of the Valley"), near the Temple of St. Fortunato on Via Augusta Ciufelli.The wait staff enjoyed giving us every detail of every dish and made a big point of letting us know that...
Take the ascensore to old town Todi
karenincalifornia Says: Your best bet for getting into old town Todi (inside the ancient city walls) is to park in one of the parking lots outside the city walls and walk into the town. There is limited parking inside the city walls. Unless you are going into Todi in the very early morning hours,...
karenincalifornia Says: From Todi, we wanted to visit Florence, but we didn't want to make the 4 hour roundtrip drive, nor did we want to hassle with parking in Florence. Instead of driving to Florence, we drove 30 minutes to Orvieto, and took the Inter-City train from Orvieto to Florence. The...
L'Idea Pasta di Canneori: Take out pasta - Umbrian style
karenincalifornia Says: The owners of the house we rented highly recommended L'Idea Pasta di Cannerori, a take out pasta shop just outside the city walls in Todi. We did, and were instantly in love. The pasta is fresh, and the shop carries many varieties. We would pick up the pasta in the afternoon...
karenincalifornia Says: Shopping is not my numero uno activity on any vacation, but I have to say the shopping in Todi was fun. Along the main streets in town are numerous fun little boutiques selling clothes, jewelry, kitchen items, beautiful linens, teas, pastries, olive oil, wines and shoes.Todi...
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Just outside of Todi in the Umbrian hills are acres and acres of sunflower fields. Sunflower production is a major industry in Umbria. The farmers harvest the seeds, from which sunflower oil is produced. Sunflower oil is even being used experimentally now in biodiesel in Europe.
Sunflower oil is one of the healthiest vegetable oils for human consumption. Umbrian sunflowers are non-transgenic and the oil is naturally trans fat-free.
Sunflower oil is used frequently in Italian cooking. Not so in America, where sunflower oil is tough to find. America (California, Texas, the midwest) produces sunflower seeds, but ironically, most of the seeds for oil are exported to Europe!
America needs to demand healthy food products like sunflower oil instead of high trans fat products like commercial cakes and cookies, fast food french fries, shortening and margarine...
(OK, that's my plug for a better America right now. For those of you who know my eating and cooking habits, you know I can't pass up an opportunity for this commentary.)
Updated Feb 23, 2005
Not sure if "Share the Road" is a Todi slogan
karenincalifornia Says: Todi is not one of those towns where auto traffic is blocked off from the town center. Pedestrians and autos make somewhat half-hearted attempts to share the streets. As a pedestrian, it is wise to keep on your toes, literally and figuratively. The curves are blind, the...
karenincalifornia Says: When we visited Todi in July 2004, areas of it were going through reconstruction. This picture shows what was directly overhead as we were eating lunch one day in an outdoor alleyway cafe.Scaffolding could have fallen on our heads as we were eating our pizza, but at least we...
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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: The Todi visitor who wishes to see the inside of the churches needs to wear the same type of attire required of other places in Italy. For women, that means no shorts or sleeveless tops. My daughter and I wore our "church clothes" on the day we hit all the Todi churches. Todi can get hot during the summer, so I packed a linen top and a pair of linen capris.
Updated Feb 23, 2005
Roman Ruins That Nobody Visits . . .
imcarthur Says: The ruins of Carsulae are 20 minutes south of Todi toward Terni. Only partially uncovered, there is an amphitheater, a theater & several large arches as well as a medieval church. Sections of the Via Flaminia are visible. Large 30+ acre site. There were only a handful of...
karenincalifornia Says: What a hayseed type of activity, you might say. We actually found the farming activities around Todi quite fascinating. That is because in California, you never see hay bales in rolls - they are always in bricks. Our house we rented was out in the countryside, so we would...
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Those summer Umbrian afternoons got hot and we sure were glad we had a pool at the house we rented. When I was researching vacation rentals on the internet, a pool was a must have, and I'm so glad I made that decision.
Once in Umbria, we'd sightsee during the day, then come home mid-afternoon and jump in the pool. And look at these surroundings! I was absolutely in heaven swimming in this pool. It was so relaxing and euphoric at the same time. Like a fantasy!
I didn't even mind that it meant blowing dry my high maintenance hair twice in one day.
Updated Feb 23, 2005
BarbieGirl Says: acopo de’ Benedetti, known as Jacopone of Todi, was born in 1236 into a noble family. After becoming a successful lawyer he gave up leading a worldly lifestyle at 32, when the sudden tragic death of his wife upset his life. The shock due to the loss and the discovery of a...
karenincalifornia Says: Todi is about 90 minutes north of Rome, 2 hours south of Florence, 30 minutes east of Orvieto, 30 minutes south of Perugia. The wonderfully charming towns of Perugia, Assisi, Spello, Bevagna, Montefalco, Spoleto, Trevi, Deruta and Orvieto are all within a relatively short...
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And what a wonderful week it was! Todi was our home base for our trip to Northern Italy in the summer of 2004. This trip was significant because it was the very first major trip I took since becoming...
Todi, interesting city of art, medieval-looking, characterized by narrow and winding streets, in a wonderful position on a hill, overlooking the river Tiber Valley.
A legend tells that the ancient Tuder was founded by an eagle that indicated the location where the city should be built.
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