Articles of category "Assisi"

Ranked with Italy's major sights, Assisi is a small hill town with the population of 3,000 inhabitants and an average of five million visitors coming to enjoy its renowned attractions. In the Middle Ages, the town witnessed birth of saints Francis and Clare, with a number of churches and museums preserving holy relics and objects owned by the saints. Assisi is filled with tourists from April to June, so that it is sometimes difficult to move across the town on holiday weekends and you'll want to make sure you make your reservations at one of the fine Assisi hotels ahead of time.

Located 118 miles southeast of Florence, 109 miles north of Rome and 17 miles east of Perugia, Assisi is a town in Perugia province in Italy, on the western flank of Mt Subasio. It is the birthplace of St Francis, the founder of the Franciscan religious order, St Clare, the founder of the Poor Clares, and Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Today as ever it is recognized as one of top sights in Italy, ranked with Venice's canals, Pompeii and Colosseum, making holidays to Assisi a popular vacation.