Palazzo dei Priori
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Palazzo dei Priori is a palace in Todi, Italy.
On the third floor is a bronze eagle sculpture, l'Aquila di Todi (1339) or Tuderta, by Giovanni di Gigliaccio. Among the legends justifying the use of this symbol in Todi, one holds that the early pre-Roman inhabitants had planned to site the town in the valley next to the River Tiber, but a sheet used to map out the locale was snatched by an eagle and deposited on the hilltop. The inhabitants took this augur as a sign to relocate.
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