Full Day Guided Historical Tour of Cascia and Assisi

Highlights

• Cascia's Historical Monastery
• Basilica of Santa Rita
• Assisi Exploration

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Monastero di Santa Rita da Cascia

   3h

   The cloistered monastery is the historical place where Saint Rita lived for 40 years as an Augustinian nun. Today it is possible to visit these places and pray near the Solemn Bank.

2. 2

   Cascia

   3h

   The Basilica, the Lower Basilica, the Monastery and the Penitentiary belonging to the complex of the Sanctuary of Santa Rita da Cascia The church of San Francesco. The former church of Sant'Antonio Abate, originally from the fifteenth century but restructured and modified in the Baroque period, which inside preserves two cycles of frescoes from the fifteenth century. The church of Santa Maria della Visitazione, an ancient collegiate church of Santa Maria, of Lombard origin, but heavily remodeled following the damage caused by the earthquakes. Inside there is a wooden crucifix from the 1400s. The church of Sant'Agostino, with frescoes from the Umbrian and Perugian schools. Palazzo Carli, seat of the "Tranquillo Graziani" municipal library Palazzo Frenfanelli, seat of the Municipality of Cascia Palazzo Santi, seat of the homonymous Civic Museum. Roman temple of Villa San Silvestro The hamlet of Roccaporena, the birthplace of Santa Rita Chiavano plateau. Local product tasting.

3. 3

   Basilica Papale e Sacro Convento di San Francesco d'Assisi

   3h

   The basilica is made up of two superimposed churches, one lower and one upper, linked to two different construction phases: the first linked to the Umbrian Romanesque, of Lombard derivation, the second linked to the French Gothic style. In both cases, the interior decoration is extraordinary

4. 4

   Centro Storico Di Assisi

   3h

   La Basilica di Santa Chiara La Chiesa Nuova La Cattedrale di San Rufino L’Anfiteatro Romano La Rocca Maggiore La Piazza del comune

Before you go

Location