Taking a break under the archway of Sacro Convento
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

Tempio di Minerva on Piazza del Comune
Piazza del Comune, the main square, is dominated by the perfectly preserved columns of the Tempio di Minerva from the Augustan era [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

Tempio di Minerva with its perfectly preserved columns from the Augustan period
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The chess set I wanted to buy ..but the shop was closed
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The church occupied the site of the church of San Giorgio, where St Francis had been buried before his remains were moved
The church occupied the site of the church of San Giorgio, where St Francis had been buried before his remains were moved to the basilica in 1230 [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The exterior of the building consists of alternate strips of pink and white stone, with massive supporting arches on either side
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The giant steps to the Basilica di San Francesco
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The giant steps to the Basilica di San Francesco
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The grand steps from the Lower church to the Upper church
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The graphic steps of Basilica di San Francesco
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The interior has the same layout as the Upper Basilica of St Francis
The interior has the same layout as the Upper Basilica of St Francis, with a single nave that terminates in a transept and polygonal apse [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The long fortress wall
[Rocca Maggiore - Assisi - Umbria]

The Lower and Upper Basilicas
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The medieval town of Assisi is heir to the legacy of St Francis who is buried in the Basilica di San Francesco
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The Palazzo Capitano del Popolo, built between 1212 and 1305, was the first public building to be erected in Piazza del Comune
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]