Webcams nearby:

Assisi
Bettona
Santa Maria degli Angeli more ...

Weather Assisi

Webcam description

In English
Assisi (IT): tomb of Saint Francis

In the native language of the webcam owner
E' la tomba di San Francesco di Assisi. Situata nella cripta sotto la Basilica Inferiore del Sacro Convento. Assisi (IT): tomb of Saint Francis Reference&info at: http://www.sanfrancescopatronoditalia.it/webcam_tomb_saint_francis.php

Map Webcam location

Further information about Assisi

Assisi (or) (Latin: "Asisium"), is a town in Italy in province of Perugia, Italy, in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Mt. Subasio. It is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Clares. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows of the 19th century was also born in Assisi. History: Around 1000 BC a wave of immigrants settled in the upper Tiber valley as far as the Adriatic Sea and also in the neighbourhood of Assisi. These were the Umbrians, living in small fortified settlements on high ground. From 450 BC these settlements were gradually taken over by the Etruscans. The Romans took control of central Italy by the Battle of Sentinum in 295 BC. They built the flourishing "municipium" Asisium on a series of terraces on Mount Subasio. Remains from these Roman times can still be found in Assisi : city walls, the forum (now Piazza del Comune), a theatre, an amphitheatre ... Read more about Assisi on Wikipedia

Comments