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A spiritual and artistic journey on the life of Saint Rita da Cascia like the Monastero , historical place where Saint Rita lived 40 years as an Augustinian nun and where she died, in 1457, at the age of 76.
Then The Basilica on the Sant’Agostino hill and built with the donations of benefactors, even the smallest ones, the Basilica of Santa Rita is a project that the Blessed Mother Fasce strongly wanted in order to welcome the devotees in the city of the Saint of impossible cases.then we will move along the roads traveled by San Francesco to Assisi.
Assisi is a hill town in Umbria, where he was born in 1181. The basilica of San Francesco is an imposing church on 2 levels consecrated in 1253. The 13th century frescoes that portray the life of St. Francis have also been attributed, among others, to Giotto and Cimabue. The crypt houses the stone sarcophagus of the saint.
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Duration: 12 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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A spiritual and artistic journey on the life of Saint Rita da Cascia like the Monastero , historical place where Saint Rita lived 40 years as an Augustinian nun and where she died, in 1457, at the age of 76.
Then The Basilica on the Sant’Agostino hill and built with the donations of benefactors, even the smallest ones, the Basilica of Santa Rita is a project that the Blessed Mother Fasce strongly wanted in order to welcome the devotees in the city of the Saint of impossible cases.then we will move along the roads traveled by San Francesco to Assisi.
Assisi is a hill town in Umbria, where he was born in 1181. The basilica of San Francesco is an imposing church on 2 levels consecrated in 1253. The 13th century frescoes that portray the life of St. Francis have also been attributed, among others, to Giotto and Cimabue. The crypt houses the stone sarcophagus of the saint.
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Stop At: Monastero di Santa Rita da Cascia, Viale Santa Rita 13, 06043, Cascia Italy
The cloistered monastery is the historical place where Saint Rita lived for 40 years as an Augustinian nun. Today it is possible to visit these places and pray near the Solemn Bank.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Cascia, Cascia, Province of Perugia, Umbria
The Basilica, the Lower Basilica, the Monastery and the Penitentiary belonging to the complex of the Sanctuary of Santa Rita da Cascia The church of San Francesco. The former church of Sant’Antonio Abate, originally from the fifteenth century but restructured and modified in the Baroque period, which inside preserves two cycles of frescoes from the fifteenth century. The church of Santa Maria della Visitazione, an ancient collegiate church of Santa Maria, of Lombard origin, but heavily remodeled following the damage caused by the earthquakes. Inside there is a wooden crucifix from the 1400s. The church of Sant’Agostino, with frescoes from the Umbrian and Perugian schools. Palazzo Carli, seat of the “Tranquillo Graziani” municipal library Palazzo Frenfanelli, seat of the Municipality of Cascia Palazzo Santi, seat of the homonymous Civic Museum. Roman temple of Villa San Silvestro The hamlet of Roccaporena, the birthplace of Santa Rita Chiavano plateau.
Local product tasting.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Basilica Papale e Sacro Convento di San Francesco d’Assisi, Piazza S. Francesco, 2, 06081, Assisi Italy
The basilica is made up of two superimposed churches, one lower and one upper, linked to two different construction phases: the first linked to the Umbrian Romanesque, of Lombard derivation, the second linked to the French Gothic style. In both cases, the interior decoration is extraordinary
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Centro Storico di Assisi, Assisi Italy
La Basilica di Santa Chiara
La Chiesa Nuova
La Cattedrale di San Rufino
L’Anfiteatro Romano
La Rocca Maggiore
La Piazza del comune
Duration: 3 hours
