Assisi

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Assisi is an Italian hill town in Umbria renowned as the birthplace of St. Francis and a major center of Christian pilgrimage.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
associatedWithSaint Saint Clare of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi
continent Europe
country Italy
demonym Assisian
elevationType hill town
governedBy Comune di Assisi
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
religious tourism
tourism
hasFestival Calendimaggio di Assisi
Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi
hasLandmark Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
Basilica of Santa Chiara
Cathedral of San Rufino
Eremo delle Carceri
Rocca Maggiore
Temple of Minerva (Santa Maria sopra Minerva)
hasPatronSaint Saint Clare of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi
hasReligiousOrderFoundedByNative Order of Friars Minor
Poor Clares
Third Order of Saint Francis
heritageCriteria cultural
heritageDesignationBy UNESCO
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
is hill town
knownFor Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
Christian pilgrimage
birthplace of Saint Francis of Assisi
medieval architecture
religious tourism
languageOfficial Italian
locatedIn Province of Perugia
Umbria NERFINISHED
locatedNear Mount Subasio
locatedOn Italian Peninsula
partOf central Italy
pilgrimageType Christian pilgrimage site
postalCountryCode IT
regionCapitalOf none
religionTraditionallyAssociatedWith Roman Catholicism
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
UNESCOSiteIncludes Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi
Other Franciscan Sites


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