Via Settevalli 320 - 06129 - Perugia | infoconsorziofrancescosways@gmail.com +39 370 1106929
Via Settevalli 320 - 06129 - Perugia | infoconsorziofrancescosways@gmail.com +39 370 1106929
This city’s historic center includes important churches and noble palazzi. Visitors should stop at the Duomo, with its splendid Romanesque facade, the Palazzo Comunale, and the Palazzo Trinci, home of the Museo della Città (Municipal Museum). The Romansque Santa Maria Infraportas Church and the Palazzo Orfini, where the first edition of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” was printed, are also worth a visit. On the …
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This town, perched on a hilltop over the Valle Spoletana, was admired by Leopardi for its beauty and offers a number of pleasant discoveries for lovers of art and culture. The Chiesa di San Francesco, where the saint passed in 1213, is now a museum of art and “Olive Culture” and holds a rich collection …
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The white town walls are easy to spot above the verdant olive groves covering the sides of Monte Serano, upon which slopes this castle was built in 950 A.D. by Rovero di Champeaux. Outside the town walls, you can see the Convento dei Santi Giovanni Battista e Pietro, where the Clerici Regulares Sancti Paul, or …
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This town is divided into three sections – Bazzano Inferiore, Superiore, and Rocca di Bazzano – and was an important crossroads during the early Middle Ages for the Via Nursina towards Norcia and the Via Piancianina - or Via della Spina - towards the Marches, on which Hannibal is said to have passed after his victorious battle on Lake Trasimeno. Source: …
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Perched on the mountainside, this town has a number of important churches richly decorated with excellent frescoes: the Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista and the Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo, which is along the route of the Way and open to the public. Source: “La via di Francesco” – Edizioni San Paolo S.r.l.
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Inside Spoleto’s Cathedral a moving letter from Saint Francis to Friar Leo is displayed, documenting both the affection Francis felt for his brothers and the liberty he granted them. The text is: “Brother Leo, wish thy brother Francis health and peace! I say to thee: Yes, my son, and as a mother; for in this word …
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The city dominates the valley below, so beautiful that Francis famously exclaimed, “Nihil iucundius vidi valle mea Spoletana” (“I have never seen a valley more beautiful mine of Spoleto”), a sentiment one can understand when gazing upon the town and plain from the Rocca Albornoziana overlook. The sights in Spoleto are too numerous to list here, …
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The abbey is not along Saint Francis’ Way, but the side trip from Macenano will not leave you disappointed. This church is one of the most important monuments in the Valnerina and was built during the Longobard period (between the 8th and 11th centuries) by Duke Faroaldo II, who, after becoming a monk, died and …
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This castle overlook was built between the 13th and 14th centuries. The Trail of Pious XI passes in nearby Osteria, commemorating the flight of the Bishop of Spoleto (and future Pope) during the revolutionary uprisings of 1831. It was here that Pious borrowed as ass to make his escape. The church of San Vito is …
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