意大利:阿西西
Italy: Assisi


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.


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