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Basic Information:

• City: Assisi
• Region: Umbria
• Province: Perugia
• Zona: Central Italy
• Coordinates: 43°4′12″N 12°37′3″E
• Surface: 186,84 km²
• Population: 28 143 (by 31/10/2010)
• Patron Saint: 12 August
• Saint Day: Rufinus of Assisi
• Web site: Official Web Site

Assisi is mostly well known for being the city where they were born, lived and died in St. Francesco, patron saint of Italy and St. Chiara. They gave to the city and Italy all their faith and live believing they do the best of them and so why they remained in the hearth of the people there. This is also the reason Assisi to be one of the most important place for pilgrims in Italy. So why going to Assisi first thing you should see are their basilicas and churches. The St. Francesco Basilica, Basilica of St. Chiara and and other Franciscan sites in Assisi deserved to become a part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

What to see in Assisi?

Basilicas and Churches of Assisi

• Basilica of San Francesco of Assisi, the Saint of all Italy
• Basilica of Santa Chiara, the second one important saint of the city
• Cathedral of St. Rufino
• Church of Santa Maria Maggiore
• Church of St. Pietro
• Church Nuova
• Oratory of pilgrims
• Church of St. Stefano
• Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli with the Porziuncola
• Hermitage of the prisons on Mount Subasio
• Church of St. Damiano
• Church of Santa Maria in Rivotorto
• Abbey of San Benedett
• The Episcopal Palace, where St. Francesco made the renunciation of his father
• Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva

How to go to Assisi?

• By Air

For more information visit the International Airport Perugia web site.



• By Train

For more information visit the Italian Railway web site.



• By Car


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