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St. Rufino Cathedral
Piazza San Rufino, Assisi 06081 - Italy

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 much decoration including sculptures and bas-reliefs. Inside, it has 3 aisles of 1571 which have...
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Attractions near St. Rufino Cathedral
A selection of attractions close to St. Rufino Cathedral:
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Municipal Art Gallery  (< 1 Mile)
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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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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Abbey of St. Pietro  (< 1 Mile)
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 Mile)
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 Mile)
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 Mile)
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  (2.8 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  (8.2 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  (8.3 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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