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Via Settevalli 320 - 06129 - Perugia | infoconsorziofrancescosways@gmail.com +39 370 1106929
Lying at the foot of the Tuscan Apennines, the city was founded by two pilgrim saints, Arcano and Egidio, upon their return from the Holy Land, according to legend. Sansepolcro was the birthplace of Piero della Francesca; some of his most important works are on display at the Civic Museum. Other works by Renaissance and Mannerist …
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This town is located in the geographic center of the Tiber River Valley, the source of which is less than 30 km away. Pieve is known as “The Diary City” as it is home to a public archive which holds a vast collection of writings from ordinary citizens documenting their daily lives and Italian history, …
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The name probably derives from the Latin Clau-Clusu (closed), as this town closes the passage between the Tiber River Valley and Romagna. In Roman times, the Via Maior passed here, connecting Arezzo with Romagna; in the Middle Ages, the Via Romea passed over the earlier road’s route. Chiusi was home to Count Orlando Cattani, who donated …
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It was probably here where Francis preached to the citizens of Perugia, though the lovely 13th century Fontana Maggiore, had not yet been built. Saint Bernardino of Siena also preached in this piazza. Source: “La via di Francesco” – Edizioni San Paolo S.r.l.
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At number 11 on Via Bernardo da Quintavalle, un the facade of a Medieval building, you will find inscribed: “Hic S. Franciscum ad coenam et cubiculum Bernardus Quintavallis excepit et in extasim vidit”. Here Bernardo da Quintavalle invited Saint Francis to his table, where he welcomed him as guest and saw his ecstasy, after which he …
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Located along the route of the Way toward Biscina, this 11th century church is dedicated to Our Lady of Victory to commemorate the victory over the Saracens. According to legend, Francis tamed the wolf on this spot, which was then granted to him to found the first Franciscan community in Gubbio. Source: “La via di …
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One of the oldest Franciscan communities in Italy, this church was built 1212 and is now the home of the textile and weaving museum-workshop, Giuditta Brozzetti. Source: “La via di Francesco” – Edizioni San Paolo S.r.l.
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Some sources cite the Sopramuro Prison – though others cite the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo - as the place where Francis was held as prisoner after the battle of Collestrada in 1202. Both are located on Piazza Matteotti. Source: “La via di San Francesco” – Edizioni San Paolo S.r.l.
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This fortress, which today retains its Renaissance form on the hilltop above Assisi, is silent testimony to the turbulent and bellicose decades of war between Assisi and Perugia, between the Papal State and the Empire, and between the citizens of Assisi themselves. In 1198, Francis was already a teenager and probably participated in the skirmishes …
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