Past Blast: Assisi

Previously, in Italy:

Piazza del Comune, city center

This week's mini-tour occurred on one of our Architecture Class' frequent field trips in Italy. Assisi, home to St. Francis, sits on a mountainside in the Umbria region of central Italy.


Its central piazza still has a Roman-era temple front nestled into its street wall. Of course the pagan structure has since been converted into a church. Hello, photo op.


I also dug up a short video taken at noon- when the many bell towers in Assisi let you know it's time to grab some lunch. One thing we don't have in the States is this daily, sometimes overpowering ringing of bells. Too bad.



A couple more random photos: once the morning fog lifted, it was a perfect day.

Arcade, Basilica di S. Francesco d'Assisi

Overlook, Basilica di S. Francesco d'Assisi