山城西门
Porta San Pietro (I reckon "porta" in Italian means "portal" in English)
西门又叫圣彼得门,因圣彼得教堂而得名
Chiesa di San Pietro near the Porta
山城街道
Street
由山城俯瞰山下农田风景甚佳
Assisi overlooks the plain below
小饭馆里的烤宽面
Lasagna & wine, Grotta Antica
这里原为建于13世纪的酒窖,环境古雅
It was a cellar of 13th century
新教堂
Chiesa Nuova
山城的中央广场
Piazza del Comune
从圣方济堂仰望山城
Assisi from Basilica di San Francesco
圣方济堂门前的甬道、回廊
The square leading to the basilica
圣方济堂依山而建为上下两层,采光明亮,气势恢弘
圣方济堂所在的小山包原为阿西西城处决、掩埋犯人的地方,被称为“炼狱山”
圣方济取法耶稣与匪徒共同被钉死在十字架上的故事,在遗嘱中要求信徒将其埋葬于此。此后,这里更名为“天堂山”
The basilica was built on a hill called Inferno Hell as criminals were executed here by 13th century.
To keep with Jesus, who had died on the cross with criminals, San Francis asked his followers to bury him here.
The hill was renamed Paradise Hill afterwards.
Copyright Wang Yi