Tau PublishingGuide to Assisi
History & Art
by P. M. Della Porta, E. Genovesi and E. Lunghi
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-565-4
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-808-2
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-809-9
- Pages
- 292
- Size
- 6 × 9 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound first edition, June 2017
- Language
- English
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About this book
“Assisi is situated on the side of a mountain, although she encircles the mountain like a crown.”
The complete companion for a pilgrim or traveler in the city of St. Francis and St. Clare. The guide opens with Assisi’s setting in the Umbrian landscape, its long history from the first settlements and the Roman town through the medieval commune, St. Francis and the centuries that followed, and its religious ceremonies and folklore.
Then eight walking itineraries lead you through the city and its surroundings: the Basilica of San Francesco and the Sacro Convento with their frescoes by Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini and Lorenzetti, the Basilica of Santa Chiara, the Cathedral of San Rufino, the piazzas, churches and palaces, San Damiano, the Carceri hermitage and Santa Maria degli Angeli with the Porziuncola.
Illustrated throughout with photographs, and prepared with the help of Assisi’s archives, libraries and Franciscan communities.
Inside
- The Environment, The History, Religious Ceremonies and Folklore
- First Itinerary: the Basilica di San Francesco and the Sacro Convento
- Seven more itineraries through the city and its surroundings, from Santa Chiara and San Rufino to San Damiano, the Carceri and Santa Maria degli Angeli
- Photographs throughout