Editing Assisi (section)

=== Churches ===
* [[Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi]] (St. Francis): The Franciscan monastery, il [[Sacro Convento]], and the lower and upper church (Italian: ''Basilica inferiore'' and ''Basilica superiore'') of St Francis were begun immediately after his [[canonization]] in 1228, and completed in 1253. The lower church has [[fresco]]es by the [[Late Middle Ages|late-medieval]] artists [[Cimabue]] and [[Giotto di Bondone|Giotto]]; the upper church houses frescoes of scenes in the life of St. Francis previously ascribed to Giotto, but now thought to be by artists of the circle of [[Pietro Cavallini]] from Rome. The Basilica was badly damaged by a 5.5 earthquake on 26 September 1997, during which part of the vault collapsed, killing four people inside the church and carrying with it a fresco by Cimabue. The edifice was closed for two years for restoration.
*[[Basilica di Santa Chiara|Basilica of Santa Chiara]] (St. Clare): church, begun in 1257, with its massive lateral [[buttress]]es, rose window, and simple [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] interior; and 13th‑century frescoes and paintings. It contains the [[tomb]] of the [[Saint Clare of Assisi|namesake saint]]. 
*[[Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli]] (St. Mary of the Angels); a large baroque church built to contain: 
** The [[Porziuncola]], a chapel restored by St. Francis next to which was constructed the first convent of the [[Order of Friars Minor]];
** The [[Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli#The Transito|Transito]], chapel built in the cell where St. Francis died. 
*[[San Damiano, Assisi|Church of San Damiano]] one of the churches restored by St. Francis and the location of one of his most famous visions, given to St. Clare as a home for the first [[Poor Clares]]. 
*[[Assisi Cathedral|Cathedral of San Rufino]] (St. Rufinus): church with a [[façade]] in [[Romanesque style]] with three [[rose window]]s and a 16th‑century interior; part of it is built on a [[cistern]] from the [[Roman era]]. Location of the baptism of both St. Francis and St. Clare and the surviving [[baptismal font|font]] carved out of a granite Roman column.
*[[Chiesa Nuova (Assisi)|Chiesa Nuova]]: church built over the presumed parental home of St. Francis. 
* [[The Piccolino Chapel]], legendary birth place of St. Francis.
*[[Eremo delle Carceri]]: a small monastery with a church at a canyon above the town, where St. Francis retreated and preached to birds
*[[Abbey of Saint Peters (Assisi)|Church of ''San Pietro'' (St. Peter)]]: monastery built by the [[Benedictine order|Benedictine]]s in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 13th century. It has a rectangular façade with three [[rose windows]]; the Gothic chapel of the Holy Sacrament houses a triptych by Matteo di Gualdo.
*[[Santa Maria Maggiore, Assisi|Santa Maria Maggiore]] (St. Mary the Greater): earliest extant church in Assisi and former cathedral.
*[[Santo Stefano (Assisi)|Santo Stefano]]: one of the oldest churches of Assisi.