Basilica di Santa Chiara Review

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Basilica di Santa Chiara

  • Address: Piazza Santa Chiara, Assisi, 06081
  • Phone: 075/812282

Fodor's Review:

The lovely, wide piazza in front of this church is reason enough to visit. The red-and-white-striped facade of the church frames the piazza's panoramic view over the Umbrian plains. Santa Chiara is dedicated to Saint Clare, one of the earliest and most fervent of Saint Francis's followers and the founder of the order of the Poor Ladies—or Poor Clares—which was based on the Franciscan monastic order. The church contains Clare's body, and in the Cappella del Crocifisso (on the right) is the cross that spoke to Saint Francis. A heavily veiled nun of the Poor Clares order is usually stationed before the cross in adoration of the image.

  • Open: Nov.-mid-Mar., daily 7-noon and 2-6; mid-Mar.-Oct., daily 7-noon and 2-7
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