Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in ...

The Renaissance era was one of the most beautiful and out-of-the-world revolutions in the arts arena. Be it unique painting ...

There is still a chapel here - the 12th century Basilica di San Giuli adorned with frescoes and intricate ... 20 chapels dedicated to St Francis of Assisi nestled among pine trees.

This trip includes Francis’s birthplace of Assisi, taking in the spectacular frescoes of the Basilica di San Francesco along with the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli, where Saint Francis ...

As a tip, make sure you give yourself enough time to carefully look at the intricate frescoes, paintings ... includes the Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi).

Fresco by Giovanni Cimabue in the Lower Basilica of Assisi. Credit: Cimabue, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 One of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in European history is the significant impact of ...

But one radical misfit in particular, Francis of Assisi, seems to loom larger—and provoke greater fascination—than any other. His life story, shrouded in legend, continues to inspire many ...

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