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Assisi

10/16/2014

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Assisi is best known for being the birthplace of St. Francesco di Assisi, the patron saint of Italy. A lot of people visit the Basilica di San Francesco, is a great mystical place, a must stop for those on a religious pilgrimage.
The Basilica was built in 1228-1253 to honor St. Francis, which in its grandeur seems an oxymoron because he led a very simple life. The Basilica has wonderful breathtaking frescoes from Giotto and Cimabue. The Basilica was named a  Unesco site in 2000.
In 2000 , the year of the Jubilee, the train station in Assisi was remodeled with the look of the old station and it remains like that to date. 
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What a lot of people don't know is that St. Francis did most of his preaching in the area where now is the Basilica Santa Maria Degli Angeli. The Basilica was built around the a small church that St. Francis restored in 1216.  It is in this chapel known as La Porziuncola where St. Francis received a message from God , where he founded the Franciscan order and, it is also in this chapel where he died.
To visit the town of Assisi without visiting La Porziuncola is missing a great part of the life and work of St. Francis.

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