Il Tempio di Santa Maria della Consolazione sorge ai piedi del colle di Todi. La chiesa fu costruita fra il 1508 d.C. ed il 1607 d.C. sul luogo di alcune guarigioni miracolose avvenute presso un edicola dove erano dipinte le immagini della Vergine col Bambino e Santa Caterina di Alessandria.

>>Vuoi vedere il Tempio di Santa Maria della Consolazione? Consulta ora le offerte dei migliori hotel nelle vicinanze di Todi.

La tradizione vuole che un operaio privo della vista da un occhio, forse un certo Iole di Cecco, eseguendo l’ordine del comune di liberare dai rovi la zona presso le porte di Santa Maria e di San Giorgio avesse ripulito dalla polvere il volto dipinto della Vergine Maria con il proprio fazzoletto. In seguito, asciugandosi il volto e gli occhi con quello stesso fazzoletto avrebbe riacquistato miracolosamente la vista.

>> Ci sono offerte  in scadenza per b&b nella zona di Todi! Clicca e consultale subito.

Il tempio della consolazione è uno dei più alti esempi di arte rinascimentale presenti in Umbria. Il progetto dell’impianto a croce greca, caratterizzato da cinque cupole, una centrale ed una per ogni abside della pianta del tempio, dovrebbe essere opera della scuola del Bramante, anche se alcuni lo vogliono frutto dell’opera di Cola di Caprarola ed altri di Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane. Tuttavia sembra certo che la direzione dei lavori sia stata affidata proprio a quest’ultimo che portò a compimento un tempio dalle forme di grande armonia alto circa 70 metri al culmine della lanterna che capeggia la cupola centrale.

L’interno del Tempio di Santa Maria della Consolazione, caratterizzato dall’ariosità e dalla luminosità degli spazi tipiche del Rinascimento, ospita le statue di Papa Martino di Todi, quelle dei dodici apostoli e nell’abside nord presso l’altare barocco un’immagine della Vergine con il Bambino che viene ritenuta ancora miracolosa. La devozione degli abitanti di Todi per la Vergine e per il tempio che la città volle dedicarle è tale che per porre rimedio a quello che da più parti veniva ritenuto un vero scempio architettonico, ovvero la costruzione di una sacrestia nel 1613 appoggiata sul lato nord del tempio, tutta la cittadinanza insorse ottenendone infine l’abbattimento nel 1862 d.C.

 >>Se hai deciso di visitare Todi ti consigliamo di contattare ora gli agriturismi nelle sue vicinanze >> clicca questo link.

The temple of  Santa Maria della Consolazione is located at the edges of the hills of Todi. The church was built between 1508 before Christ and 1607 after Christ on the place of some miraculous recoveries that took place under a niche where were painted the images of the Virgin with child and Saint Catherine of Alessandria.
The tradition says that a worker not seeing from one eye, maybe called Iole di Cecco, executing the order given by the commune to free from the brambles the area around the doors of Santa Maria and San Giorgio, would have cleaned from dust the painted face of the Virgin Maria with his own handkerchief. After this, drying his face and his eyes with the same handkerchief, he would miraculously have got the sight back.

>> Do you want to visit Todi? Check it out now of the best farmhouses in its vicinity.

There are offers  for hotels in the area of Todi! Click and Consult them immediately.

The temple of the consolation is one of the best examples of Renaissance art existing in Umbria. The project of the Greek cross plan, characterized by five cupolas, a central one and one for each apse of the plan of the temple, should be the work of the school of Bramante, although some people says it is the fruit of the work of Cola di Caprarola and others, Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane. Anyway it seems clear that the direction of the works had been given to this last one, who achieved the temple with the forms of great harmony more or less 70 meters high at the top of the lantern above the central cupola. The inside of the Temple of Santa Maria of the Consolation, characterized by the arioso character and the lightness of the spaces typical of the Renaissance, hosts the statue of Pope Martino di Todi, the ones of the twelve apostles and in the northern apse close to the baroque altar an image of the Virgin with the child that is said to be miraculous too. The devotion of the inhabitants of Todi for the Virgin and for the temple that the city dedicated to her is so that to put an end to what was called from various places a real architectonic example, which is the building of a sacristy in 1613 leaning on the north side of the temple, all the city protested obtaining at the end its demolition in 1862 after Christ.

>> If you’ve decided to visit Todi you should contact now b&b in its vicinity >> click this link.

The temple of  Santa Maria della Consolazione is located at the edges of the hills of Todi. The church was built between 1508 before Christ and 1607 after Christ on the place of some miraculous recoveries that took place under a niche where were painted the images of the Virgin with child and Saint Catherine of Alessandria.

The tradition says that a worker not seeing from one eye, maybe called Iole di Cecco, executing the order given by the commune to free from the brambles the area around the doors of Santa Maria and San Giorgio, would have cleaned from dust the painted face of the Virgin Maria with his own handkerchief. After this, drying his face and his eyes with the same handkerchief, he would miraculously have got the sight back.

The temple of the consolation is one of the best examples of Renaissance art existing in Umbria. The project of the Greek cross plan, characterized by five cupolas, a central one and one for each apse of the plan of the temple, should be the work of the school of Bramante, although some people says it is the fruit of the work of Cola di Caprarola and others, Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane. Anyway it seems clear that the direction of the works had been given to this last one, who achieved the temple with the forms of great harmony more or less 70 meters high at the top of the lantern above the central cupola.

The inside of the Temple of Santa Maria of the Consolation, characterized by the arioso character and the lightness of the spaces typical of the Renaissance, hosts the statue of Pope Martino di Todi, the ones of the twelve apostles and in the northern apse close to the baroque altar an image of the Virgin with the child that is said to be miraculous too. The devotion of the inhabitants of Todi for the Virgin and for the temple that the city dedicated to her is so that to put an end to what was called from various places a real architectonic example, which is the building of a sacristy in 1613 leaning on the north side of the temple, all the city protested obtaining at the end its demolition in 1862 after Christ.

The temple of  Santa Maria della Consolazione is located at the edges of the hills of Todi. The church was built between 1508 before Christ and 1607 after Christ on the place of some miraculous recoveries that took place under a niche where were painted the images of the Virgin with child and Saint Catherine of Alessandria.

The tradition says that a worker not seeing from one eye, maybe called Iole di Cecco, executing the order given by the commune to free from the brambles the area around the doors of Santa Maria and San Giorgio, would have cleaned from dust the painted face of the Virgin Maria with his own handkerchief. After this, drying his face and his eyes with the same handkerchief, he would miraculously have got the sight back.

The temple of the consolation is one of the best examples of Renaissance art existing in Umbria. The project of the Greek cross plan, characterized by five cupolas, a central one and one for each apse of the plan of the temple, should be the work of the school of Bramante, although some people says it is the fruit of the work of Cola di Caprarola and others, Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane. Anyway it seems clear that the direction of the works had been given to this last one, who achieved the temple with the forms of great harmony more or less 70 meters high at the top of the lantern above the central cupola.

The inside of the Temple of Santa Maria of the Consolation, characterized by the arioso character and the lightness of the spaces typical of the Renaissance, hosts the statue of Pope Martino di Todi, the ones of the twelve apostles and in the northern apse close to the baroque altar an image of the Virgin with the child that is said to be miraculous too. The devotion of the inhabitants of Todi for the Virgin and for the temple that the city dedicated to her is so that to put an end to what was called from various places a real architectonic example, which is the building of a sacristy in 1613 leaning on the north side of the temple, all the city protested obtaining at the end its demolition in 1862 after Christ.

The temple of  Santa Maria della Consolazione is located at the edges of the hills of Todi. The church was built between 1508 before Christ and 1607 after Christ on the place of some miraculous recoveries that took place under a niche where were painted the images of the Virgin with child and Saint Catherine of Alessandria.

The tradition says that a worker not seeing from one eye, maybe called Iole di Cecco, executing the order given by the commune to free from the brambles the area around the doors of Santa Maria and San Giorgio, would have cleaned from dust the painted face of the Virgin Maria with his own handkerchief. After this, drying his face and his eyes with the same handkerchief, he would miraculously have got the sight back.

The temple of the consolation is one of the best examples of Renaissance art existing in Umbria. The project of the Greek cross plan, characterized by five cupolas, a central one and one for each apse of the plan of the temple, should be the work of the school of Bramante, although some people says it is the fruit of the work of Cola di Caprarola and others, Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane. Anyway it seems clear that the direction of the works had been given to this last one, who achieved the temple with the forms of great harmony more or less 70 meters high at the top of the lantern above the central cupola.

The inside of the Temple of Santa Maria of the Consolation, characterized by the arioso character and the lightness of the spaces typical of the Renaissance, hosts the statue of Pope Martino di Todi, the ones of the twelve apostles and in the northern apse close to the baroque altar an image of the Virgin with the child that is said to be miraculous too. The devotion of the inhabitants of Todi for the Virgin and for the temple that the city dedicated to her is so that to put an end to what was called from various places a real architectonic example, which is the building of a sacristy in 1613 leaning on the north side of the temple, all the city protested obtaining at the end its demolition in 1862 after Christ.