Assisi, Umbria, Italy

View across the rooftops of Assisi to the Val di Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. Assisi is the birthplace of St Francis, and home to the Sacro Convento or Franciscan friary and the Basilica Papale di San Francesco or Papal Basilica of St Francis of Assisi, both built 1228-53 and enlarged in the 15th and 17th centuries. St Francis was born and died in Assisi and his remains are in the crypt of the basilica. The basilica and friary are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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