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The City of Assisi

A town of N central Umbria: 43°03.9N, 12°37.4E. Altitude: 505 m. Population in 2003: 25,600.

A view of the city from the road up Mt. Subasio to St. Francis's hermitage

Assisi is a small town made very rich by St. Francis, the apostle of poverty.

In lieu of a formal summary of her history and monuments, for now the article Assisi (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911) will have to suffice here; but here are the beginnings of a more personal look at her:

	[ 2/22/07: 14 churches, 8 pages, 26 photos ] Between 1994 and 2004, I've taken lots of photographs of the churches of Assisi; at a glacial pace, I'm starting to put them online, and occasionally some text to go with them.
	[ 4 pages, 12 photos ] The Roman remains include a very well preserved temple, traditionally referred to as the "Temple of Minerva"; but there's also an amphitheatre, tombs, inscriptions, a Roman cistern; and a piece of the Forum, made somewhat more striking by being underground.

Frazioni

For historical reasons, Assisi is one of the larger comuni in Umbria, carrying with it from the Middle Ages into modern times a long list of subject towns and hamlets. Many of these places are very small, a few hundred inhabitants if that; as elsewhere in Italy, those that have a certain administrative identity of their own are frazioni of the comune (singular: frazione, literally a "fraction"): a complete list of them follows. I've been thru several of these small places in trains, cars, and buses, but few on foot, so links are likely to be offsite.

Armenzano • Capodacqua • Castelnuovo • Costa di Trex • Colle delle Forche • Eremo delle Carceri • Morra • Palazzo • Paradiso • Passaggio d' Assisi • Petrignano • Pianello • Pieve S. Nicolò • Porziano • Rivotorto • Rocca S. Angelo • S. Damiano • S. Gregorio • S. Maria degli Angeli • S. Maria Lignano • S. Vitale • Sterpeto • Torchiagina • Tordandrea • Tordibetto

Images with borders lead to more information. The thicker the border, the more information. (Details here.)
UP TO:	Umbria	Italy	Europe	Gazetteer	Home
SEE ALSO:	Diary	Monte Subasio
OFF SITE:	Assisi: Official Site	Assisi Online	AssisiWeb	Franciscan Tour of Assisi
	Umbria Online	D. Vander Velde	Assisi: Digital Imaging	PhotoRoma
	Umbria.org	PrimItaly	BellaUmbria (with a good map of the town)	ParadoxPlace
	Heart of Italy Tours	ArgoNet	Grutti.com
	Zanetti Trip Diary	Allan Nelson's Bike Trips	Jay J. Pulli	Visitalia	Família Assis Brasil	Father Mike's Spot on the Web
	360Tuscany.Net	Dr. Richard James	SloopJohnE	Cybercucina (zipfile of Assisi photos)
	Welcome	AssisiCom	2Go	International School of Art	Petrignano: the Crèche
	Other sites: • German crew of volunteers helps rebuild Assisi after the quake • Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel • Farklempt's Page
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