We arrive in Assisi
Our Hotel - another winner!
www.fontebella.com
The view from my room!
Looking down from the hotel
The Basilica built over St Francis'
original church
A closer look
The Nativity in the church square
Visitors arriving
One of the beautiful doors
A depiction of "some of the gang"
A view from the front of the church
This door is only opened every
25 years
St Francis' first chapel!!!
A closer look
An even closer look
Side view of the Chapel
Inside the Chapel
Other side of the Chapel
The alter behind the chapel
A side room
At last! an unpainted dome!
Going to bid on painting it and sub-
bid the job to Leo Kennedy!
A beautiful garden in a side passage
The side passage
An another
The exit from the book store
Small bronze of St Francis
Sidewalk outside the Church
with Wyatt & our intrepid guide
Side view of the church
with some of the family
Convent beside St Francis' Church
Note the beautiful cypress trees!
This is Assisi - the town
Typical street scene
And another
The family looking for lunch
This is the house where St Francis grew up.
This is a depiction of St Francis'
parents & Wyatt & Ethan
Not open?
Another street scene
Basilica of St Claire
A close up of the Basilica
Crucifix which spoke to St Francis
St Francis' actual clothing
(behind glass, so not clear)
Body of St Claire
Street scene with Ben, Barbara &Nick
The Roman Temple of Minerva,
converted to a Catholic Church
Inside the Temple
Another curious street scene
Family ambling through Assisi
Basilica of St Francis
A closer look
A look at the interior
A detailed look
The entrance to the lower Basilica
Actual patched clothing of St Francis
Crypt of St Francis
You take the high road &
I'll take the low road
Sunset in the valley in Umbria
You can see the lower Basilica
in the distance
Another closer view
Olive trees on left & right,
orange tree in the middle
Leaving Assisi