Assisi becomes open-air gallery as pavement artists honour St Francis
More than 50 pavement artists to spend three days chalking a collective masterpiece and 40 individual works in the square before the Basilica of San Francesco.
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Il Cammino di Francesco creates a single 1,500km route
“Il Cammino di Francesco – Il Cammino della Luce” folds together scattered regional trails from six regions, all converging on Assisi, as the town prepares to mark eight centuries since the saint’s death.
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Umbria marks Francis centenary with major Giotto exhibition
Umbria is marking the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi with a major Giotto exhibition in Perugia, bringing together some of the most significant works of early Italian art.
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Italy’s president says we must stop pillaging nature to find peace
On the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, President Sergio Mattarella said the world will not find true peace until humanity stops ransacking the natural world.
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