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Less than 100 miles north of Rome, nestled high upon an ancient Umbrian hill, stands the beautifully preserved medieval city of Assisi - or as the Romans liked to call it, Asisium. Assisi ranks among Italy"s most popular tourist attractions, being right up there with the wonders of Rome or the canals of Venice.

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Less than 100 miles north of Rome, nestled high upon an ancient Umbrian hill, stands the beautifully preserved medieval city of Assisi - or as the Romans liked to call it, Asisium. Assisi ranks among Italy"s most popular tourist attractions, being right up there with the wonders of Rome or the canals of Venice. It is, in fact, the most popular religious destination in Italy, aside from Vatican City, of course. And this for good reason; Assisi is the birthplace of St. Francis, the founder of the Franciscan Order, and home to many important relics, his remains being among them.

St. Francis was born to a privileged family in Assisi in 1182. A wild and restless youth, he suddenly abandoned his rowdy lifestyle and elaborate dreams at the age of 19 after having been taken prisoner of war in nearby Perugia. He then became a deeply religious mystic and, after experiencing several overpowering visions, founded the famous Franciscan Order in 1210. He and the humble friars of his order, through the very unassuming, simple life and the philosophy they lived, were to become an affront to the decadent Papacy of that period. The Franciscan Order soon enjoyed enormous popularity throughout all of Europe and came to be seen as a symbol against hypocrisy and corruption within the Church.

Assisi"s Basilica of San Francesco, finished in 1253 (St. Francis was canonized in 1228), is one Italy"s best-loved monuments. Pilgrims have been flocking to Assisi and its Basilica since the mid 1400"s from all over Europe.

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