Town Of Assisi, Italy II
by Al Bourassa
Title
Town Of Assisi, Italy II
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
Assisi is a town and comune of Italy in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.
It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. The 19th-century Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was also born in Assisi.
The city, which had remained within the confines of the Roman walls, began to expand outside these walls in the 13th century. In this period the city was under papal jurisdiction. The Rocca Maggiore, the imperial fortress on top of the hill above the city, which had been plundered by the people in 1189, was rebuilt in 1367 on orders of the papal legate, Cardinal Gil de Albornoz.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken March 6, 2009 during a tour of Western Europe.
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September 22nd, 2015
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Al Bourassa
THANK YOU to Steve Breslow for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group URBAN IMAGES
Al Bourassa
THANK YOU to Jeff Swan for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group PLEASING THE EYE