Pilgrims have been visiting the little town of Assisi since the XIIIth century onwards. Assisi is a sister town of Santiago de Compostela,

Betlehem,

and San Francisco in the United States.

A traditional pilgrimage starts from the Basilica of Saint Francis with its magnificent frescoes.

A walk through the old centre ends at the Basilica of Saint Clare.

Up on Mount Subasio is the hermitage, a little convent built on top of the grotto of Saint Francis.

On the way to the valley, the convent San Damiano. In the little Church, Saint Francis received his
vocation: "Francis, don't you see my Church is falling apart? Stand up and rebuild my house."

Down in the valley the sanctuary of Saint Mary Queen of the Angels,
built in the XVIth century to protect
the Porziuncola crape, once the heart of the first community of Minor Friars.
Close to this chapel Francis died in 1226.