Todi is between the provinces of Perugia and Terni and is one old city that dominates the valley of the Tíber river. Here the traveller will have the sensation to back down until an old time that the modern civilization has already forgotten, and where, walking by the town and its environs, still a mystical and cosy atmosphere can be breathed at the same time.
Other localities that comprise of the circumscription of Todi are: Collazzone, Fratta Todina, Marsciano, Massa Martana and Monte Castello I gave Vibio that are famous by the uncontaminated atmosphere and its historical-cultural patrimony. In general, which distinguishes this zone is the hospitality of its people, the genuine and simple beauty of the landscape and its plates.
In Todi is a great number of churches, Etruscan palaces, rest and still intact and immersed medieval districts in the tranquillity of the landscape umbro.
The city is surrounded by three concentric walls of different times: umbro-Roman, medieval Roman and. This one last one has remained almost intact to the present time.
When the Temple of Santa Maria della Consolazione is arrived at the city immediately calls the attention, impressive masterpiece of bramantesco style. Going towards downtown one is the Temple of San Fortunado, pattern of the city and gorgeous example of the gothic style.
The point upper of the city is the Seat IV Novembre where are the ruins of Rocca or Fortaleza destruída in 1503 and from where a magnificent panorama of the valley of the Tíber can be admired.
Downtown and the point of contact of people are the beautiful Seat of the Popolo with its medieval configuration crowned by the cathedral and its pretty palaces.
Also it is very interesting Collazzone, a small locality to the north of Todi that conserves intact its medieval city-planning structure and that is located in a zone with abundant forests of oaks, pines and olive trees. Another pleasant excursion is the visit to Massa Martana where it is possible to be admired the Church of Santa Maria in Marsh of century XII and the Abbey of San Faustino of century IX.
Finally, the Catacombs of near and the old one Via Flaminia are important, only testimony of this old historical period in Shade.
On the contrary, a test of very particular modern architecture is the Merciful Sanctuary dell'Amore that is to 6 km of Todi, in Collevalenza, and that was projected by architecto Giulio Lafuente in 1965. We advised to you to visit all the small towns of the alrdedores of Todi like Fratta, Todina, Marsciano and Monte Castello I gave Vibio or by its artistic beauties that natural.