May 18th, 2020 – COVID19 time – Again for posterity; we are entering the second phase of Phase 2 – quite complicated, but so it is! – Not so many words needed for this post; you just have to click on Play and fill up your eyes with the beauty, the calm, the quality and […]
Todiguide is the website and also the professional activity of Umbrian tourist guides: Elisa Picchiotti and Luca Antonini. Umbria tourist guides Unfortunately, in 2020, with the protraction of the Covid-19 pandemic that hit the whole world and also Italy, the tourism sector, and consequently also that of tourist guides, had a sudden stop. Even the […]
For posterity: Italy, Umbria, Todi, May 14th, still stucked in Covid-19 quarantine. We are living a first, feeble Phase 2 but on Monday, May 18th, we will enter the real Phase 2; that means going around without self-certification – but only within the region borders -, visiting relatives and friends, and some other “freedoms” but […]
For the ages, we are still locked down due to Covid-19… ! In this unthinkable situation, the Comune of Todi is arranging some virtual, cultural conferences and tours in order to bring “culture at home”. Last week I had the pleasure of cooperating with this project, virtually touring in the Painted House in Todi! The […]
Today, March 25th, the Catholic Church is celebrating the Annunciation to Mary. Three churches in Todi are dedicated to the Santissima Annunziata: 1) The elegant and imposing Duomo of Santissima Annunziata, the main church in town, overlooking Piazza del Popolo. The Annunciation scene is represented many times in the church as bas-reliefs, inlays, and stained […]
Collevalenza is a tiny village not far from Todi – about 4 miles -, belonging to the Municipality, and quite famous in Italy as a pilgrimage site thanks to the Sanctuary of Merciful Love. Founder and beating heart of both the order and the sanctuary is the Blessed Mother Speranza, a charismatic woman and nun […]
Many people visiting Todi don’t expect to find out that our town is the hometown of one of the most famous and important Italian poets; Jacopone da Todi. Jacopone was born in Todi around 1230, he joined the Franciscan order when he was 48, and he is considered among the fathers and founders of our […]
I have always loved to go to Todi’s public library to read and study there, with no noise but the sound of the centuries still echoing in that historic building – once a Franciscan monastery- . Our Lorenzo Leonj library is quite a big “local branch” which boasts many old and precious books which can’t […]
WHO WAS JACOPONE DA TODI? At the bottom of Saint Fortunatus staircase you can see a stone monument dedicated to the most important person from Todi, Jacopone. Jacopone was a Franciscan friar; he was born in 1230, 4 years after the death of St. Francis, and is very famous in Italy and in the world […]
Located in the lovely district of San Silvestro and set between two precious medieval treasures ( Scannabecco Fountain and Sant’Ilario church ), the Pongelli Palace is a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance architecture. According to tradition, this elegant building was erected in the late 16th century incorporating some medieval houses belonging to the Benedettoni family, […]
