about 600-700 years ago. You can walk from one end to the other in about twenty minutes, and along the way, there are all kinds of interesting things to see, like religious paintings done in the side of walls:
On the east end of the town is the Piazza de St. Clare, where we stopped to plan our tour. The church has some interesting arches along the side, as you can see here:
The streets of Assisi are very narrow, hilly, and winding with pedestrians and cars having to be on the lookout for each other.
In the center of the town is an old Roman temple that was converted to a Catholic church sometime back in the middle ages. Here's the fountain in the square (which is not as old as the temple, I'm sure):
And here's the facade of the temple:
In the next post, I'll have some shots of the Basilicas of St. Francis (and yes, I meant that to be plural).
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