Assisi, Umbria, central Italy, view from Via Frate Elia to a house at the corner of Via Fontabella (left) and Piaggia di Porta S. Pietro (right)

Assisi, Umbria, central Italy, view from Via Frate Elia to a house at the corner of Via Fontabella (left) and Piaggia di Porta S. Pietro (right)

Assisi (from the Latin: Asisium) is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.
It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death.

picture generously provided by Rudolf Kaufmann (2015)