San Damiano - the walk from Upper Assisi
by icunme
This is a long walk downhill - longer walking back up - or so it seems. Probably a good mile and a half down to San Damiano from the main street in Upper Assisi. It is well worth the trek - you will walk truly in the steps of Saint Francis and Saint Clare through the uncluttered, natural green Assisi countryside. With olive groves and the only inhabitants - the birds, rabbits and a few other critters - a step back in time. What is most moving about this walk is the lack of movement - the serenity - the silence, and the sense of timelessness that one feels going from the village to this church, more than one kilometre away from the Basilica of San Francesco. Perhaps that we linger and stop many times along the way, the distance seems to be much longer.
Enjoy...........
View the "Lower" town from the "Upper" town
by icunme
The extraordinary views that magically appear like an apparition as you walk along the streets of Assisi are breathtaking. You turn a corner and suddenly an expansive view of the valley below stretches out before you. You can only stop - gaze from side to side and hope that you are seeing it all -- and, that you have enough memory and battery left in your camera to aid your recollection.
Assisi - St. Francis and St. Chiara town
by Iksi
Assisi is a town located in the province of Perugia, in the Umbria region.This town is a birthplace of the St.Franicis (San Francesco d'Assisi ) and St.Clare (Santa Chiara).Main sigths in Assisi are the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi which is a World Heritage Site, Santa Maria Maggiore church, the Cathedral of San Rufino and Basilica of Santa Chiara.Nice clean and small city,almost no traffic.Visit!