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The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi; Latin: Basilica Sancti Francisci Assisiensis) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. It is a papal minor basilica and one of ...
Assisi was hit by two devastating earthquakes that shook Umbria in September 1997. But the recovery and restoration have been remarkable, although much remains to be done. Massive damage was caused to many historical sites, but the major attraction, the Basilica di San Francesco, reopened less than 2 years later.
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, [ b ] was an Italian [ c ] mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Christian life of poverty, he became a beggar [ 7 ] and itinerant preacher.
San Francesco, Gubbio. Coordinates: 43.3516°N 12.5766°E. Facade of San Francesco. Apse and bell-tower of San Francesco. San Francesco is a Gothic -style, Roman Catholic church in the lower town of Gubbio, Umbria, in Italy.
Portiuncula, also spelled Porziuncola or Porzioncula, is a small Catholic church located within the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi in the frazione of Santa Maria degli Angeli, situated about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Assisi, Umbria (central Italy). It is the place from where the Franciscan movement started.
San Francesco, Città di Castello. Castle city, san francesco, interior. San Francesco is a Roman Catholic church in Città di Castello, Province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy .
San Francesco is a gothic -style, former Roman Catholic church located in Montefalco, Province of Perugia, region of Umbria, Italy. The church and adjacent Franciscan convent now functions as the civic art museum. The portal of the church dates to 1585. [1] The church and adjacent convent were constructed between 1335 and 1338.
Sacro Convento. Coordinates: 43°04′29″N 12°36′20″E. Basilica and monastery. Courtyard of the friary. The Sacro Convento is a Franciscan friary in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The friary is connected as part of three buildings to the upper and lower church of the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi, which contains the body of Saint Francis. St.