The Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi

A pocket guide to the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi. It helps plan a visit to the churches in a series of itineraries designed to ensure that nothing is missed. It also highlights the spiritual life of St Francis and provides an interpretation of the masterpieces in the two churches.

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A pocket guide to the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, exploring the churches now restored to their former glory after the ravages of the earthquake that all but destroyed them and the extraordinary art that they contained. The guidebook helps plan a visit to the churches in a series of itineraries designed to ensure that nothing is missed. It highlights the spiritual life of St Francis in parallel to that of Christ, as well as providing a precise interpretation of the masterpieces in the two churches, which are of such fundamental importance to the birth of all mediaeval art in the West.