The city of Todi occupies a stunning spot, on a hilltop halfway between Perugia and Terni. First built on land occupied by the Umbri, Todi was later appropriated by the Etruscans and then in 89 BC by the Romans. Under the Romans, Todi’s two hilltops were leveled to make Piazza del Popolo and new walls were built around the Etruscan ones. Today today would not have looked different during the Middle Ages, a time of great splendor, when the town expanded southwards and was divided into four districts, surrounded by a third circle of walls. The city became a papal possession, along with all the other towns of Umbria, and there was was only a minor subsequent modification during the Renaissance.