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Monastery of San Francesco at Assisi
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| Title | Monastery of San Francesco at Assisi |
| Country | Italy |
| Province/County | Perugia |
| City | Assisi |
| Continent | Europe |
| Media | architecture |
| Century | 13th Century |
| Subject 1 | Religion, Piety and Spirituality |
| Subject 2 | Arts and Architecture |
| Keywords | architecture, monasteries, church, saints, religious life, religious houses, religious orders |
| Description | Monastery of San Francesco at Assisi. The monastery is the head and mother of the Franciscan order, built on the steep side of an Umbrian hill town, almost unchanged since the middle ages. Two churches in one. Lower piazza, in foreground, leads pilgrim to porch of lower church, while on the right, reached by a flight of steps, is the faade of the upper church. The architecture, influenced by the French Gothic, has none of the lightness and aspiration that we associate with that style. On the left, buttressed by a triple arcaded sub structure, monastic buildings look out across a valley. Foundation stone laid in 1228, idea of honoring St. Francis by building a magnificent church. Many Franciscans may have doubted its fitness. Note, the translation of body to church is marked by the conflict that was later to characterize order, over funds. St. Francis' marriage with Lady Poverty leading to nothing more than a tangle of legal fictions. |
| Original Source | TBCompleted |
| Secondary Source | Ian Richards, Abbeys of Europe, p. 110. |
| Contributors | R. Harold Garrett-Goodyear |
| Format | jpg |
| Slide ID | ae_13 |
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