토디‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪16‬개의 동굴

Book Crossing along the Silent Villages trail

Castle "inhabited" by many stray cats and converted into a farmhouse. Excellent view of Lake Corbara. There is a bar and a restaurant.

It is said that the ancient fortress took its current name from some followers of the Ghibelline tyrant Ezzelino da Romano (1194-1259) Ghibelline, the living Satan, mayor of Verona, son-in-law of Frederick II (in 1238 he married his daughter Selvaggia), who, having driven out the Guelphs, took possession of it, fortifying with walls and towers that locality with about 160 souls which before then was called villa and had the new name of Izzalini. https://www.iluoghidelsilenzio.it/castello-di-izzalini-todi-pg/

Nice view and good starting point for a hike

ocated on a hill overlooking the Tiber valley, Montecchio preserves the charm of the Middle Ages intact with its alleys, squares, the light tones of the stone and the mighty walls with defense towers. With a vaguely elliptical shape, the village is one of the best preserved in the valley. Soft hills of olive trees draw its territory. Dense woods make the landscape vivid and lush in the summer, while autumn paints the Mediterranean scrub in orange and red.

It owes its name to the abundance of waters that were in the area and to the numerous laurel trees that were found in the dense woods. The castle was born in the 10th century. as a fief of the Trinci di Todi family. After 1810 it became part of the Podesta office of Baschi. In the current entrance to the town, once the chapel of S. Valentino, frescoes from the 1400s are visible, which although they have been almost completely lost, still testify to their ancient and mystical beauty. In its territory there is the "Romitorio della Pasquarella" with the altar dedicated to the coming of the Magi and therefore to the epiphany.

Melezzole is a fraction of the municipality of Montecchio (TR), located on the Amerini mountains on the border with the Tuderte. It is located at a height of 611 m a.s.l.

The place was transformed into a huge hotel complex.