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Leaving Assisi
... I want to come back here! One of the striking things about Assisi is how clean it is. People here take a pride in the way their city looks. Very few dog poos on the footpath, unlike Paris. As well as their buildings they take pride in their food. We have never come across so many restaurants and cafes and pasterias. And the cakes! We had to exercise a great deal of restraint not to pig out every day, ...
Last day in Assisi
... So today we chatted to all three girls on Viber and Skype, as well as their cousin Bec who soon heads off overseas for 3 months. So nice to hear their voices and that they are all ok, despite the challenges of daily life. So proud of our daughters. We then headed off on the local bus to Santa Maria Degli Angeli. This is the church that has been built over the top of the Portincula, where Francis and the first Franciscans lived and from which they set ...
Visit to San Damiano
... in front of which he was praying. The actual crucifix is now in the grand Santa Chiara basilica, but there is a very new looking replica at San Damiano. Like St Stephano's we felt this place had a presence and power that the larger shrines to St Francis lack. While the original small church is overshadowed by all the other buildings that have been built around and over it to celebrate its significance the original building is still intact. We sat for quite ...
Another amazing day in Assisi
... to walk up Mount Subasio to Francis' Hermitage. The Hermitage (Eremo Delle Carceri) is a place Francis and his companions withdrew to to pray. Carceri means literally prison, but a better translation is probably [prayer] cell. There are a number of small cells carved out of the rock where St Francis and his brothers prayed. The present small convent was restructured by St Bernardino of Sienna in the 15th century, and added to further in the 16th and 17th centuries. One suspects ...
Checkin' out Assisi's churches
... and past. I fell in love a painting of acrylic on glass of Francis on his knees with his arms raised in worship and the birds hovering in the sky above him. So my darling wife bought it for my birthday. You can see a picture of it at http://www.cruciani.com/main.html
He was a lovely man and was so happy we had bought one of his paintings he gave a us a DVD about his work and Assisi. A great Website to check out Assisi is ...
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