Basilica of St. Clare of Assisi (Santa Chiara) (Assisi, Italy)

Italy / Umbria / Assisi / Assisi, Italy / Piazza Santa Chiara
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Construction work on the church and adjacent convent of St Claire began in 1257, three years after the saint's death and a year after she was canonised.
The exterior of the building makes use of alternate strips of pink and white stone, with massive supporting arches either side.

The interior has the same layout as the Upper Basilica of St Francis, with a single nave that terminates in a transept and polygonal apse.
On the right hand side of the nave the Cappella del Crocifisso and the Cappella del Sacramento were once part of the nave of the previously existing church of San Giorgio, where Pope Gregory IX canonised St Francis in 1228.

The wooden "Crucifix“ in the Cappella del Crocifisso is alleged to have spoken to St Francis in San Damiano, ordering him to repair the church. Relics of St Francis and St Claire are kept behind the grate.
The crypt was built between 1850 and 1872. Restored in neo-gothic style in 1935, it houses the body of St Claire.

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In this building

  1. Interior of the Basilica of Santa Chiara
  2. Rose window of the Basilica of Santa Chiara
  3. Crucifix of San Damiano
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_di_Santa_Chiara
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Coordinates:   43°4'7"N   12°37'1"E

Comments

  • This is a beautiful, spiritual place to visit. The cross of San Damiano is an awesome sight, can you not hear it speaking to you as you gaze upon it?