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Assisi, Italy

History in Assisi

The layers you can actually stand in — Assisi's built and excavated history.

Basilica of St Francis

Giotto's fresco cycle in the upper church, restored after the 1997 earthquake brought the vault down.

Church · 90 minutes

Eremo delle Carceri

The caves Francis actually used, in holm oak woods an hour above the town on foot.

Monastery · 2 hours

Up to the hermitage on foot

An hour uphill through holm oak to the caves Francis actually used, which are quieter and more convincing than the basilica.

Sacred site · low

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