The Story of Assisi

1905

Brasch DG975 A8 GM97 1905

London: Dent

Some 25 kilometres from Perugia is Assisi, located at the northern edge of Mount Subasio. The city is the birthplace of St Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and of St. Clare (Chiara d’Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Sisters. The most popular attraction is the Basilica di San Francesco, begun in 1228, the year of Francis’s canonization. Lina Duff Gordon (1874-1964) knew Italy well. She and her husband Aubrey Waterfield restored and lived in the Fortezza della Brunella at Aulla, Tuscany, and managed a school at Poggio Gherardo in the 1930s. Her Story of Assisi contains numerous sketches by Nelly Erichsen, an English illustrator. Here is Rocca Maggiore, castle of Assisi, from the entrance at Porta Cappuccini. Assisi is a World Heritage site.