Attractions and Places To See around Torgiano - Top 20

of the ancient Roman temple only the six-column façade remains. The church is the seat of the TOR, Third Regular Order of Saint Francis

Assisi With its world-famous city walls, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Assisi promises visitors a wealth of culture and history. Shopping and long walks in the old town are also part of Assisi's itinerary. Near Perugia, the capital of Umbria, lies Assisi. The birthplace and place of work of St. Francis and St. Clare, it is a city worth visiting, and not only because of its famous children. Assisi's medieval city center and city walls are so well preserved that they were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The city walls and the Basilica of San Francesco are therefore popular attractions for travelers. Founded by the Romans under the name Asisium, the terraced layout of the oldest Roman part of the city can still be seen today. The forum, an amphitheater, and the temples of the goddess Minerva (goddess of wisdom) are almost completely preserved. Text / Source: italien.de GmbH https://www.italien.de/staedte/assisi

Assisi With its world-famous city walls, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Assisi promises visitors a wealth of culture and history. Shopping and long walks in the old town are also part of Assisi's itinerary. Near Perugia, the capital of Umbria, lies Assisi. The birthplace and place of work of St. Francis and St. Clare, it is a city worth visiting, and not only because of its famous children. Assisi's medieval city center and city walls are so well preserved that they were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The city walls and the Basilica of San Francesco are therefore popular attractions for travelers. Founded by the Romans under the name Asisium, the terraced layout of the oldest Roman part of the city can still be seen today. The forum, an amphitheater, and the temples of the goddess Minerva (goddess of wisdom) are almost completely preserved. Text / Source: italien.de GmbH https://www.italien.de/staedte/assisi

It's hard to believe that 25 years ago, the earthquake here was so strong (two with magnitudes of 5.6 and 5.8) that 80,000 residents in the region were left homeless. The reconstruction of the old town was a magnificent feat.

The baroque basilica is located on the town hall square.

The Roman temple is a hexastyle prostyle of the Corinthian order. It is a podium temple whose columns rest on pedestals on the steps, which is comparatively unusual and results from the lack of space on the terrace on which the temple was originally located. The architrave is double-faced, and the frieze bore a dedicatory inscription that no longer exists. When the church was built in the 16th century, the cella was completely removed. The contrast between the grandiose classical façade and the small-scale interior, which was redesigned in the baroque style by the architect Giacomo Giorgetti from Assisi in the 17th century, is striking.

The town (Latin Asisium, older Italian/Tuscan Ascesi or Scesi, no longer in use today) was colonized by the Romans in 399 BC and built in terraces on a rocky ridge on the west side of Monte Subasio. It was previously an acropolis of the Umbrians. The city walls, the forum (or market square Piazza del Comune), a theater, an amphitheater and the Temple of Minerva, which was later converted into the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, can still be found from Roman times. In 328 the town was Christianized by the current patron saint Rufino di Assisi (San Rufino). In 545 the town was largely destroyed by the Ostrogoths, later came under the rule of the Lombards and was then placed under the control of the Dukes of Spoleto. In the 12th century, Assisi became a free commune and adopted a Ghibelline orientation, which was in contrast to the Guelph neighboring city of Perugia. Saint Francis of Assisi, who was born in Assisi in 1181/1182, was taken prisoner as a young man during these conflicts. In the 13th/14th centuries, the city expanded beyond the Roman city walls, and the walls were extended several times. In the late Middle Ages, Assisi was under the alternating rule of the popes, various condottieri, the dukes of Milan and Urbino, and finally returned to the Papal States in the 15th century. The city owes the fact that Assisi was saved from fighting and thus possibly from destruction in 1944 to the then commander of the German occupation troops, Colonel Valentin Müller, who was able to persuade the German commander in Italy, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, to declare Assisi an undefended, open hospital city. At the same time, Bishop Giuseppe Placido Nicolini and the Franciscan Rufino Niccacci, with helpers from the Catholic Church, organized the hiding of politically and racially persecuted people, including many Jews, in monasteries and other church buildings.

Assisi, destination of various pilgrimage itineraries. For example, the one we did starting from the Franciscan Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence.