Assisi: Sacred and Religious Sites
Places and attractions in the Sacred and religious sites category
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Basilica di Santa Chiara
1200s church with pink-&-white facade The Basilica of Saint Clare is a church in Assisi, central Italy. It is dedicated to and contains the remains of Saint Clare of Assisi, a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, known today as the Order of Saint Clare.
Assisi Diocesan Museum
The Assisi Diocesan Museum, in the city of Assisi, was founded in 1941 by bishop Giuseppe Placido Niccolini to preserve the most important works of art of the Assisi Cathedral and of several oratories of Assisi's confraternities.
Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli
Imposing Mannerist church and museum The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels is a Papal minor basilica situated in the plain at the foot of the hill of Assisi, Italy, in the frazione of Santa Maria degli Angeli.
San Damiano
Simple 1100s church linked to St Francis San Damiano is a church with a monastery near Assisi, Italy. Built in the 12th century, it was the first monastery of the Order of Saint Clare, where Saint Clare built her community.
Eremo delle Carceri
St Francis' mountainside hermitage The Eremo delle Carceri is a hermitage complex located 791 metres above sea level in a steep forest gorge upon Monte Subasio, in Umbria, in central Italy, four kilometers above Assisi.
Ingresso Foro romano
Assisi's Museo Civico e Foro Romano allows visitors to visit the remains of the town's ancient Roman forum and also contains a collection of relevant archaeological objects.
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