{"id":3969,"date":"2019-03-25T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T15:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/?page_id=3969"},"modified":"2019-09-03T21:16:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T19:16:13","slug":"piazza-del-popolo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Piazza del Popolo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Square rose up on the ancient Roman Forum and since the 1st century B.C. had represented the political, religious, economic and cultural centre of the town. Within a steep slope frame, the Roman architects achieved a rectangular platform on top of the hill, surrounded by the most important public and religious buildings. The modern town still preserves its ancient balance. The religious power is represented by the <strong>Cathedral <\/strong>and the annexed <strong>Palazzo Vescovile <\/strong>(Bishop&#8217;s Palace), on the Northern side of the Square, contrasting with the three lay Municipal palaces, built between the 12th and the 13th centuries: <strong>Palazzo del Popolo, Palazzo del Capitano <\/strong>and <strong>Palazzo dei Priori<\/strong>. Probably, in ancient times, the Square must have covered a larger area up to embracing the modern annexed <strong>Piazza Garibaldi <\/strong>which shields the ruins of an ancient Roman Basilica (the <strong>Nicchioni).<\/strong> The architectural complexity of the area is shown by the huge quantity of underground <strong>tunnels<\/strong> unfolding underground the same square, as evidence of historical and structural layering perfectly joining together over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Square rose up on the ancient Roman Forum and since the 1st century B.C. had represented the political, religious, economic and cultural centre of the town. Within a steep slope frame, the Roman architects achieved a rectangular platform on top of the hill, surrounded by the most important public and religious buildings. The modern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6744,"parent":3950,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Piazza del Popolo - Exploring Umbria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Square rose up on the ancient Roman Forum and since the 1st century B.C. had represented the political, religious, economic and cultural centre of the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Piazza del Popolo - Exploring Umbria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Square rose up on the ancient Roman Forum and since the 1st century B.C. had represented the political, religious, economic and cultural centre of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Exploring Umbria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringumbria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-03T19:16:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Todi-Piazza.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Exploring Umbria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringumbria\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/exploringumbria\/\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/solo-logo-verde.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/solo-logo-verde.jpg\",\"width\":952,\"height\":532,\"caption\":\"Exploring Umbria\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Exploring Umbria\",\"description\":\"your dates, your mood, your trip\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Todi-Piazza.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Todi-Piazza.jpeg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"La splendida piazza del Popolo di Todi\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/\",\"name\":\"Piazza del Popolo - Exploring Umbria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-25T15:30:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-03T19:16:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Square rose up on the ancient Roman Forum and since the 1st century B.C. had represented the political, religious, economic and cultural centre of the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What to see and what to do in Todi\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"What to see in Todi\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Piazza del Popolo\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Piazza del Popolo - Exploring Umbria","description":"The Square rose up on the ancient Roman Forum and since the 1st century B.C. had represented the political, religious, economic and cultural centre of the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Piazza del Popolo - Exploring Umbria","og_description":"The Square rose up on the ancient Roman Forum and since the 1st century B.C. had represented the political, religious, economic and cultural centre of the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/","og_site_name":"Exploring Umbria","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringumbria\/","article_modified_time":"2019-09-03T19:16:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1800,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Todi-Piazza.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Exploring Umbria","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/exploringumbria\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/exploringumbria\/"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/solo-logo-verde.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/solo-logo-verde.jpg","width":952,"height":532,"caption":"Exploring Umbria"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/","name":"Exploring Umbria","description":"your dates, your mood, your trip","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Todi-Piazza.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Todi-Piazza.jpeg","width":1800,"height":1200,"caption":"La splendida piazza del Popolo di Todi"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/","name":"Piazza del Popolo - Exploring Umbria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2019-03-25T15:30:14+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-03T19:16:13+00:00","description":"The Square rose up on the ancient Roman Forum and since the 1st century B.C. had represented the political, religious, economic and cultural centre of the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/piazza-del-popolo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What to see and what to do in Todi","item":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What to see in Todi","item":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/todi-eng\/what-to-see-in-todi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Piazza del Popolo"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3970,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3969\/revisions\/3970"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exploring-umbria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}