On the left is the Torre del Popolo, with its 15th-century clock, and on the right is the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Piazza del Comune
The golden statue of Our Lady of the Angels, by the sculptor Guglielmo Colasanti, situated on the pediment of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Piazza della Porziuncola
A living statue dressed as a friar and placed in a niche in Via Santa Chiara
The imposing dome of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, completed in 1667 and standing 75 metres high in Piazza della Porziuncola
A perspective view of Via Santa Chiara with its medieval buildings and the Portella di San Giorgio in the background
The Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Piazza della Porziuncola, built between 1569 and 1679 at the behest of Pope Saint Pius V to a design by the architect Galeazzo Aless
Portella di San Giorgio (13th century) in Via Santa Chiara
On the left is the Palazzo del Capitano del Perdono, home to the Pericle Fazzini Museum in Piazza Garibaldi (in the hamlet of Santa Maria degli Angeli)
Detail of the Portella di San Giorgio, situated between Via Santa Chiara and Corso Giuseppe Mazzini
The fountain and the Palazzo del Capitano del Perdono (16th century) in Piazza Garibaldi (Santa Maria degli Angeli hamlet)
Some cypress trees on Via delle Fonti in Moiano, with the bell tower of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore on the left
Panoramic view of Rocca Maggiore overlooking the village of Assisi, seen from Via Patrono d’Italia
A wooden and metal footbridge linking the Mojano car park with the town’s historic centre
Panoramic view of the Basilica and the convent of San Francesco, and part of the village, from Via Patrono d’Italia
The south façade of the Sacred Convent of St Francis, as seen from Via Patrono d’Italia
The square bell tower of the Basilica of Santa Chiara, with mullioned windows divided by Corinthian columns, as seen from Via delle Fonti di Moiano
The façade of the Basilica of Santa Chiara and, to its right, the bell tower, as seen from Via delle Fonti di Moiano
The lantern of the main dome of the Chiesa Nuova, as seen from Via Arco dei Priori
The fountain designed by Attilio Gangi in 1872 in Piazza Santa Chiara, with the Rocca Maggiore in the background
The tall central tower of the Rocca Maggiore, seen from Piazza Santa Chiara
The Rocca Maggiore, rebuilt at the behest of Cardinal Egidio Albornoz in 1353, as seen from Piazza Santa Chiara
The polygonal fountain dating from 1872, designed by Attilio Cangi, and, to the right, the dome of the Church of San Rufino in Piazza Santa Chiara
The Crucifix of San Damiano (12th century), which spoke to St Francis in the hermitage of San Damiano in the Basilica of Santa Chiara
The altar of the Chapel of the Crucifix in the Church of Santa Chiara
Detail of the main portal of the Basilica of Santa Chiara, flanked by Corinthian-style columns
A detail of a tree, with the façade of the Church of Santa Chiara, dating from the mid-13th century, to the left. In Piazza Santa Chiara
A detail of a doorway in a building in Piazza Santa Chiara, with the basilica of the same name in the background
The pink and white banded façade of the Basilica of Santa Chiara and its supporting flying buttresses, designed by Friar Filippo da Campello, situated in the square of the same name
The dome lantern of San Rufino Cathedral as seen from Piazza Santa Chiara
A side view of the Church of San Rufino from Piazza Santa Chiara, showing its octagonal dome
Porta Nuova, facing east as seen from Via Borgo Aretino
The high altar of the Church of San Rufino, remodelled according to a design by Angelo Brizi in 1848
The three-nave interior of San Rufino Cathedral, redesigned by the architect Galeazzo Alessi in the late Renaissance style
The two lions holding columns on either side of the main portal of the Church of San Rufino (Assisi Cathedral) in Piazza di San Rufino
The rose window of the Church of San Rufino, with its three concentric circles, is surrounded by the symbols of the four evangelists and supported by three telamons
The bell tower of the Church of San Rufino, featuring a clock and the mullioned windows of the belfry which rise above a series of blind arches
The façade of the Church of San Rufino (Assisi Cathedral), designed by Giovanni da Gubbio, is situated in the square of the same name. It is in the Umbrian Romanesque style and is divided vertically by three pilasters
On the right is the house in Piazza San Rufino where Saint Clare was born and spent her youth
The Fonte Marcella fountain, made of travertine, consists of three lion heads pouring water into a basin in Via Fontebella
Detail of the Fonte Marcella, commissioned by the papal governor Marcello Tuto in 1556, in Via Fontebella
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