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Palazzo Del Capitano, Todi
Palazzo del Capitano is a Gothic architecture, late 13th-century civic palace in Todi, Italy. References Palaces in Umbria Buildings and structures in Todi Gothic architecture in Todi Gothic palaces in Italy {{Italy-palace-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Todi (; ''Tuder'' in antiquity) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) of the province of Perugia (region of Umbria) in central Italy. It is perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, commanding distant views in every direction. It was founded in antiquity by the Umbri, at the border with Etruria; the gens Ulpia of Roman emperor Trajan came from Todi. In the 1990s, Richard Levine (architect), Richard S. Levine, a professor of Architecture at the University of Kentucky, included Todi in academic design exercises aimed at conceiving hypothetical improvements to the city and presented its results in a conference titled "The Sustainable City of the Past and the Sustainable City of the Future". As a result, the Italian press incorrectly reported on Todi as ''the world's most livable city''. History According to the legend, said to have been recorded around 1330 BC by a mythological Quirinus Colonus, Todi was built by Hercules, who here killed Cacu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
