Assisi: City Highlights and Basilica of St. Francis Guided Walking Tour

Highlights

• Basilica of St. Francis (UNESCO)
• Guided Walking Tour
• Rocca Maggiore & Piazza del Comune

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Cattedrale di San Rufino

   Pass by

   Assisi Cathedral, dedicated to San Rufino (Rufinus of Assisi) is a major church in Assisi.

2. 2

   Basilica di Santa Chiara

   15min

   The Basilica of St. Clare of Assisi, realized with the typical pink stone extracted from the quarry of the Subasio mountain, contains precious frescos dating back to the period from the XIIth to the XIVth century. In the chapel on the right, along the unique nave of St. Clare of Assisi, finishing in transept and polygonal apse, you can admire the Crucifix which, according to tradition, would have invited St. Francesco in the church of St. Damiano in order to "reset up the Church"

3. 3

   Chiesa Nuova

   15min

   Chiesa Nuova. The Chiesa Nuova is a church in Assisi, Italy, built in 1615 on the site of the presumed birthplace of St. Francis, the house of Pietro di Bernardone. It was then called Chiesa Nuova because it was the last church to be built in Assisi at that time.

4. 4

   Santa Maria sopra Minerva

   10min

   The Temple of Minerva is an ancient Roman building in Assisi, Umbria, central Italy. It currently houses a church, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, built in 1539 and renovated in Baroque style in the 17th century.

5. 5

   Centro Storico Di Assisi

   20min

   At the square you will see one of the best-preserved Roman temples in Italy – Minerva's temple – which is surrounded by imposing medieval government buildings.

6. 6

   Basilica Papale e Sacro Convento di San Francesco d'Assisi

   30min

   Recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site, the basilica of St. Francis was built under the direction of Brother Elias, vicar general and architect of the order, starting in 1228, just two years after the saint's death, as a place designed to receive his remains.

7. 7

   Basilica Papale e Sacro Convento di San Francesco d'Assisi

   30min

   If the solemn and dark lower basilica invites penance and silence, the upper church soars into the sky, airy and bright. In a Gothic style with French influences, the nave has four bays, cross vaulting, and a polygonal transept and apse.

Before you go

Location