The Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi

By: Gianfranco Malafarina

Founded in 1228, the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi is the burial place of St. Francis and the mother church of the Franciscan order of monks. It is also a treasure house of art, decorated with monumental frescoes by some of the greatest painters of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

The Upper Basilica is perhaps most famed for its sequence of frescoes that celebrate the life and teachings of St. Francis, attributed to Giotto and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500517681
• ISBN13: 9780500517680
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 6.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 12.1" x 12.0"