Tomb of St Francis

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Hidden for almost 600 years, St Francis' tomb was discovered beneath the Basilica di San Francesco in 1818 following a 52-day dig, and painstakingly restored in 2011. You'll find the stone sarcophagus containing the saint's remains in the Cripta di San Francecso in the Basilica Inferiore.

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