Traipsing through the Ancient Roman cisterns – in Todi

On my last visit to the lovely Umbrian hilltop town of Todi, I made an interesting visit to the Ancient Roman cisterns.

You can arrange for a guided visit at the tourist office on the main town square, and the entrance to the cisterns is from the backside of that main square, Piazza del popolo.

Everything hydrological in the Ancient Roman era is fascinating, and I never miss out on aquaducts, wells or cisterns. It’s truly amazing to see the engineering the Romans undertook – and especially when it came to securing water supplies for their towns and cities.