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Assisi Sights

Basilica di Santa Chiara

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  • Address
    • Piazza Santa Chiara
  • Phone
    • 075 81 22 82
  • Hours
    • 6am-noon & 2-7pm summer, to 6pm winter

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Lonely Planet review for Basilica di Santa Chiara

Basilica di Santa Chiara is 13th-century Romanesque, with steep ramparts and a striking facade. The white and pink stone that makes up the exterior here (the same stone that makes many buildings in Assisi look like they glow in the sunlight) came from nearby Subasio. The daughter of an Assisian nobleman, St Clare was a spiritual contemporary of St Francis and founded the Sorelle Povere di Santa Chiara (Order of the Poor Ladies), now known as the Poor Clares. She is buried in the church’s crypt. The Byzantine cross that is said to have spoken to St Francis is also housed here.

 

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