Assisi
Assisi is a small medieval town of about 28,000 people perched on a hill in Umbria, the heart of Italy. Famous as the birthplace of St. Francis, Assisi holds religious, historical, and artistic significance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and Basilica di Santa Chiara.
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
Church
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The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died.
Basilica di Santa Chiara
Church
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The Basilica of Saint Clare is a church in Assisi, central Italy. It is dedicated to and contains the remains of Clare of Assisi, a follower of Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, known today as the Order of Saint Clare.
Church of San Damiano
Church
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San Damiano is a church with a monastery near Assisi, Italy. Built in the 12th century, it was the first monastery of the Order of Saint Clare, where Saint Clare built her community.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bastia Umbra and Santa Maria degli Angeli.
Bastia Umbra
Town
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Bastia Umbra is a comune in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 15 km southeast of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 20,523 and an area of 27.6 km2. Bastia Umbra is situated 5 km west of Assisi.
Santa Maria degli Angeli
Village
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Santa Maria degli Angeli is a frazione of the comune of Assisi in the Province of Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of 218 metres above sea level. Santa Maria degli Angeli is situated 3½ km west of Assisi.
Assisi
- Type: Locality with 28,300 residents
- Also known as: “054001”
- Location: Province of Perugia, Umbria, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.0691° or 43° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
12.6165° or 12° 36′ 59″ eastPopulation
28,300Elevation
404 metres (1,325 feet)Open location code
8FMJ3J98+MHGeoNames ID
6538612
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Assisi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أسيزي”
- Basque: “Asis”
- Belarusian: “Горад Асізі”
- Bulgarian: “Асизи”
- Catalan: “Assís”
- Chinese: “阿西西”
- Esperanto: “Asizo”
- French: “Assise”
- Galician: “Asís”
- Greek: “Ασίζη”
- Hebrew: “אסיזי”
- Italian: “Assisi”
- Italian: “Comune di Assisi”
- Japanese: “アッシジ”
- Kazakh: “Ассизи”
- Korean: “아시시”
- Latin: “Asisium”
- Latvian: “Asīze”
- Lithuanian: “Asyžius”
- Macedonian: “Асизи”
- Persian: “آسیزی”
- Polish: “Asyż”
- Portuguese: “Assis”
- Russian: “Ассизи”
- Serbian: “Асизи”
- Spanish: “Asís”
- Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Assisi”
- Tamil: “அசிசி”
- Thai: “อัสซีซี”
- Ukrainian: “Ассізі”
- Venetian: “Sisa”
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