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St. Damian’s Convent
Via Padre Antonio Giorgi, Assisi 06081 - Italy

St Clare, along with her companions, settled here in 1212. It was also here that St Francis wrote his Song of the Creatures (Cantico delle Creature) in 1224. There are beautiful 16th Century frescoes by Tiberio d’Assisi in the chapel...
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Attractions near St. Damian's Convent
A selection of attractions close to St. Damian's Convent:
St. Damian's Convent  (< 1 Mile)
St Clare, along with her companions, settled here in 1212. It was also here that St Francis wrote his Song of the Creatures (Cantico delle...
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Santa Chiara  (< 1 Mile)
The convent of St Clare and the adjoining church was begun in 1257, three years after the saint’s death. The façade is of alternative strips...
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St. Rufino Cathedral  (< 1 Mile)
St. Rufino Cathedral was begun by Bishop Clarissimus in 1134 from the designs of Giovanni da Gubbio. The façade is a classical Umbrian-Spoletian style with...
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Cathedral Museum  (< 1 Mile)
The Cathedral Museum and Crypt of St Rufino was founded in 1941. Visitors here can see the various archaeological remains, beautiful paintings, capitols, and religious...
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Church of Santa Maria Maggiore  (< 1 Mile)
The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore was founded in the 10th Century and was originally the cathedral of Assisi. The present building’s façade is divided...
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Porziuncola Museum  (< 1 Mile)
The basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, built between 1569 and 1679, encloses an older, 9th Century church, the Porziuncola. This was considered to be...
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Santa Maria degli Angeli  (< 1 Mile)
The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli is the seventh largest church in the world. It was begun in 1569 by Pope Pius IV, and...
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Temple of Minerva  (< 1 Mile)
This beautifully preserved Roman temple once marked the centre of the town of Assisi. It was built in the 1st Century by Gneus Cesius and...
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Palazzo Capitano del Popolo  (< 1 Mile)
The Palazzo Capitano del Popolo was built between 1212 and 1305 and was the first of the public buildings to be erected on Piazza del...
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Civic Museum & Roman Forum  (< 1 Mile)
The entrance leads to the crypt of the demolished church of San Nicolò. Here, the museum displays Roman and Umbrian remains, mostly tombstones, cinerary urns...
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Rocca Maggiore  (< 1 Mile)
The Rocca Maggiore was built in 1174 as a German feudal castle. Frederick II of Swabia spent some of his childhood here under the care...
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Roman Amphitheatre  (< 1 Mile)
You will find the Roman amphitheatre in the town quarter of Porta Perlici. Here there is a 12th Century town gate with a double inner...
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Municipal Art Gallery  (1.1 Miles)
The Municipal Art Gallery in Assisi is located in the 17th Century Palazzo Vallemani. The Pinacoteca is made up of a rich core of frescoes...
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Abbey of St. Pietro  (1.1 Miles)
The Abbey of St. Pietro building dates back to the 13th Century and was consecrated in 1254 by Pope Innocent IV, St. Francis, and St....
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Oratorio dei Pellegrini  (1.2 Miles)
The Oratorio dei Pellegrini was built in 1432 by the brotherhood of San Giacomo e Sant’Antonio. On the façade is a 15th Century fresco by...
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Basilica of St Francis  (1.3 Miles)
On 17 July 1228 Pope Gregory IX laid the first stone of the Lower Basilica of St Francis. The crypt is reached half way along...
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Treasure Museum  (1.3 Miles)
The museum is part of the Basilica of Saint Francis complex. It is home to many paintings, wooden sculptures, medieval glazed majolica, ivories, fabrics, gold...
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Volumni Hypogeum  (2.3 Miles)
This Hypogeum – a building below ground level – is of the late 2nd Century BC and forms part of the huge Palazzone Etruscan necropolis....
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San Claudio  (7.8 Miles)
The lovely church of San Claudio dates from the 12th Century and can be easily reached. From the Belvedere it’s possible to descend to the...
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Roman Amphitheatre  (7.8 Miles)
The Roman amphitheatre, which can be found near the church of San Claudio on the main road to Foligno, dates from the 1st Century AD...
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