{"id":13484,"date":"2014-11-17T14:34:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T19:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=13484"},"modified":"2023-09-11T14:42:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T18:42:44","slug":"inside-assisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/italypilgrimage2014\/inside-assisi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Moveable Feast: Inside Assisi, a slice of heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My pilgrimage to Assisi began long before I walked the streets and knelt before St. Francis and St. Clare\u00a0this October.\u00a0Although I have always loved St. Francis, the pull to go to\u00a0Assisi and stand where this great saint lived and prayed and worked became stronger and stronger with every passing year. I read books about it. I dreamed about it. I decided in my mind that there was no way I was going to miss getting to Assisi one of these days. The first time I went to Italy, I wanted to make a quick day-trip to Assisi from Rome, but my schedule at Santa Croce University was too packed, and I didn\u2019t want to rush Assisi. I was right to wait. Assisi is not something you rush. It\u2019s something you savor, slowly, over a couple of days, if at all possible.<\/p>\n<p>Our pilgrimage group was lucky enough to spend two days in Assisi \u2014 inside the city walls and out in the surrounding area. Although we didn\u2019t originally intend to go back to the center of Assisi the second day, a large group of us just couldn\u2019t stay away. We had to go back for one more dose of what can only be described as heaven on earth. You can feel the sacredness of the place seeping up through the ancient stone streets. You can sense St. Francis all around you. You can spend hours just walking and sitting and watching the world go by and be perfectly content, which is what we did on our visit the second day.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s little photo essay below, I\u2019ll give you shots from inside the city on both days, with one exception. Although it\u2019s outside the city walls, I\u2019ve included our visit to Santa Maria degli Angeli because the Porziuncula should be included with the rest of the holy sites of Assisi and not with the winery tour. So here you\u2019ll see the beautiful city of Assisi: spiritually powerful, physically breathtaking. I can\u2019t wait to go back.<\/p>\n<p>First stop, the San Damiano cross. This is the cross that spoke to Francis, that all-important moment when Jesus told him to \u201crepair my church, which you see is falling into ruin.\u201d Francis, as we know, thought Jesus meant the actual physical church building, but later Francis figured out that he\u00a0meant the Church as in universal Church. He founded the Franciscan Order, and the work began and continues to this day. So this cross is pretty special. It hangs in the Basilica of Santa Chiara. (And thank you, Dennis, for snapping this photo despite signs that said it was forbidden.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4645 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-San-Damiano-cross-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-San-Damiano-cross-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-San-Damiano-cross.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we made our way through the city we passed lots of little stalls selling cheese and cured meats. Oh, if only I could have taken samples home\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4635\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-cheese-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And lots of roadside shrines. Just gorgeous. This one was my favorite.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4649\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-street-grotto-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-street-grotto-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-street-grotto.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And beautiful doors, like this one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4653\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-door1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-door1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-door1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0the street where St. Francis was born, there\u2019s a beautiful church built on the spot, and at the end of the street a\u00a0little\u00a0door leading to a shrine that is supposed to be on the exact spot where Francis was born. Here\u2019s the alley\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4647\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-St-Francis-street-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-St-Francis-street-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-St-Francis-street.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the shrine\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4654\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/assisi-shrine-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/assisi-shrine-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/assisi-shrine.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, this alley and that shrine are on a regular street where we found an amazing little restaurant, Otello\u2019s. We had a fantastic meal, and our guide later told us \u2014 when she asked where we had eaten \u2014 that we had found a local gem. We can vouch for that. Here\u2019s my meal of farro e fagioli. Dennis\u2019 pizza is in the background. And local wine, always wine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4638\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-farro-e-fagioli-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s us looking really happy about being at this restaurant in this city. Assisi selfie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4664\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-Dennis-and-Mary-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally we made our way to the Basilica of St. Francis, the moment I had been waiting for. Okay, one of the moments, but a pretty big one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4648\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-statue-and-basilica-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-statue-and-basilica-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-statue-and-basilica.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right where we were standing for the photo above was a home with its shutters open. Dennis managed to catch a boy watching us from the half-open shutter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4652\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-door-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-door-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-door.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How about this beautiful alley with a view. There\u2019s actually a restaurant at the end of this with a few seats looking out over Umbria.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4650\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-view-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-view-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-view.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our first day in Assisi also included a visit outside the city walls to St. Mary of the Angels, which is the basilica that is built over the Porziuncula. So it is a church within a church. Here\u2019s the basilica from the outside:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4639\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-Mary-of-the-Angels-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the inside. The little church is the one where Francis heard Christ talking to him from the cross. (Thank you again, Dennis, for taking a forbidden photo.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4644\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-portiuncula-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-portiuncula-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-portiuncula.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On our second day in the city, we had a chance to relax in the main piazza and just watch the world go by. Make sure you have time to do this when you visit. Here was the view from our table.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4643\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-piazza-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here we are enjoying Birra Chiara, a beer named after our daughter. Okay, named after St. Clare.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4636\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-Dennis-and-Mary-piazza-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-Dennis-and-Mary-piazza-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-Dennis-and-Mary-piazza.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally it was time to leave. It wasn\u2019t easy to leave. It\u2019s not even easy to leave this post about Assisi, as you can probably tell by the overload of photos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4642\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-me-leaving-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-me-leaving-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-me-leaving.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s one last look back at the city as we depart at dusk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4655\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Assisi-at-dusk-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to experience Assisi, join me on my next pilgrimage, Sept. 30-Oct. 11, 2024. Email me for info, or watch this website. Or follow my travel page on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ItalyFeastforBodyandSoul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook: Italy, A Feast for Body and Soul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you missed my earlier posts, click on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/italypilgrimage2014\/moveable-feast-day-florence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florence<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/italy\/moveable-feast-enchanted-siena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siena<\/a>, and\/or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/italypilgrimage2014\/moveable-feast-coffee-wine-beer-oh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coffee, wine and beer, oh my.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My pilgrimage to Assisi began long before I walked the streets and knelt before St. Francis and St. Clare\u00a0this October.\u00a0Although I have always loved St. Francis, the pull to go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[9,10,332,13,154,17],"class_list":["post-13484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italypilgrimage2014","tag-assisi","tag-italy","tag-italy-pilgrimage","tag-pilgrimage","tag-st-francis-of-assisi","tag-travel-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Moveable Feast: Inside Assisi, a slice of heaven &#8211; Not Strictly Spiritual<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A journey through the mystical, magical city of of Assisi, Italy. 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