The upper church has a simple ‘hut-like’ façade. The upper part is decorated with a central rosette, with the symbols of the Evangelists in relief on the sides. The lower part is embellished with the imposing splayed portal. The architecture...
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Pope Saint Pius V (1566-1572) commanded the erection of the large Basilica di S. Maria degli Angeli, which was built between 1569 and 1679 to both preserve the chapels of the Porziuncola, the Transit, the Rose Garden and other places that became...
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The lower church was started under the supervision of friar Elia in July 1228. The works were due to be completed in 1230 with the transfer of the body of the saint laid in a sarcophagus under the high altar, where it is currently preserved in a...
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St. Peter’s church in Assisi was founded together with the monastery in the 10th century, on a land that at the time was outside the town walls, by the Benedictines of Mount Subasio in a period of “strategic” expansion of the Order. At the...
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According to tradition, the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore was founded by bishop Savinio in the 4th century on top of a pagan temple dedicated to the god Janus on the lower terracing of the Roman town of Assisi. The pre-existence of...
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The Cathedral is located on a Roman terracing on the south side marked by a wall to contain it and which is still visible inside the church and the Crypt. Archaeologists believe this site is the forum of the Roman municipality of Asisium...
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The church is called “Santa Maria sopra Minerva” because it uses the old Roman temple dedicated to the god Minerva, queen of wisdom and peace during the pagan era. The six wonderful Corinthian columns and the whole façade are still intact after...
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The tomb of St. Clare was designed and meant to be built outside the town’s door in the church of St. George, where Francis had already been temporarily buried and where St. Clare was buried on 12th August 1253. While for the church-mausuleum due...
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The small church of Santo Stefano can be reached by walking along the small alleys of Assisi. It was built midway through the 12th-century and is characterised by a simple façade. The inside consists of one nave with Gothic arches and the walls...
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At the beginning of via Borgo Aretino, immediately after Porta Nuova – in the “upper” area of the city, which leads to Santa Chiara – are the houses of the Confraternity of Santa Chiara, which already existed in 1329. In...
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The Conciliazione Hall, a room completely decorated like the Consiglio Comunale Hall, is part of the Palazzo dei Priori and is located within the evocative setting of Piazza del Comune, the political and cultural hub of the city of Assisi. The...
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