Basilica di Santa Chiara, Assisi from Via Borgo Aretino

The guided tour of Assisi.

The views from Via Borgo Aretino.

Our guide took us inside of the Basilica of Santa Chiara, but you are not allowed to take photos inside, so only got these exteriors.

Basilica di Santa Chiara in Piazza Santa Chiara.

The basilica of Santa Chiara is an important place of worship in the historic centre of Assisi .

The church was built, after the death of Santa Chiara , between 1257 and 1265 , around the ancient church of San Giorgio, which until 1230 had housed the mortal remains of San Francesco . The remains of the saint were already transferred in 1260 , while the solemn consecration took place in 1265, in the presence of Clement IV . The construction work was carried out by the architect Filippo da Campello .

The crypt that now houses the tomb of the saint was only built in 1850 .

The exterior is characterized by three large polygonal buttresses in the shape of large flying buttresses which reinforce the left side of the building (end of the 14th century). The facade is made of rows of white and pink local stone, tripartite by frames. The portal is round arched , with the lintel around the lunette which is supported by two lions at rest. The lunette features a much ruined fresco by Giacomo Giorgetti .

Further up, the rose window has a double row of small columns and arches. The facade ends in a tympanum with an oculus in the centre.

Near the side door there is a chapel covered with pink panels on a white background, added at the beginning of the fourteenth century, and the transept . The apse has a polygonal shape, with three tall single-lancet windows. The square-based bell tower stands on its side, with mullioned windows and large single-lancet windows , surmounted by a spire .

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Taken in: Italy / Umbria / Assisi (show map)

Taken on: May 13, 2023

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