Most viewed - 2015-09-29 Tuscany & The Amalfi Coast |

This was taken at the hotel in Rome, down the back stairs.68 views
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Saint Margaret of Cortona in a silver casket.65 views An oil on canvas painting of her (circa 1758) by Garpare Traversi, hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. In 1938, the Italian composer Licinio Refice wrote his second opera, Margherita da Cortona, based on the life of her.
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We visited Assisi today. Assisi is a hill town in Umbria region. This is the entrance way to the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi (the Basilica of St. Francis of Assis).64 viewsIt is the birthplace of St. Francis (1181 - 1226). Saint Francis of Assisi, also known as Francesco. He was the founder of the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis for men and women not able to live the lives of itinerant preachers, followed by the early members of the Order of Friars Minor, or the monastic lives of the Poor Clares. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history.
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