Assisi, birthplace of Saint Francis, founder of the Franciscan order
Assisi is Unesco World Heritage site
The cathedral of San Rufino
Piazza del Comune
Rocca Maggiore
Basilica di Santa Chiara
New generation candles
Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi
This basilica was built in 1228 and construction began just two days after St. Francis was canonized as a saint
Two churches are built at this site, one on top of the other. On top sits an enormous Gothic cathedral and below it is a much smaller Romanesque church.
The lower church preserves the remains of St. Francis.
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