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Eremo delle Carceri
The Eremo delle
Carceri is a small hermitage in a steep forest gorge at the
Monte Subasio, in Umbria, in middle Italy 4 kilometers above
Assisi, the steps and bows of which arch over a
quatrefoil-shaped hole in the smooth pink stone. This is the
"Devil Hole," a grotto. The word Carceri is from the Latin 'carceres'
and means "isolated places" (as well as "prisons").
In the 13th century,
Saint Francis of Assisi returned here during his life to
pray and contemplate as did other hermits before him. When
he first came in 1205, the only building here was a tiny
12th-century oratory. Soon other men followed him to the
mountain, finding their own isolated caves nearby in which
to pray. The oratory became known as Santa Maria delle
Carceri after the small "prisons" occupied by friars in the
area.
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La Porziuncola
Santa Maria degli
Angeli is a part of the comune of Assisi in the Province of
Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. It stands at an elevation of
218 metres above sea level and is located c. 4 km south from
Assisi. The name of the city was used by the Spanish
Franciscan missionaries as the name of Los Angeles, It is
home to the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, which
includes the Porziuncola, the most sacred place of the
Franciscan Order of the Roman Catholic Church. St. Francis
of Assisi himself died here
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TOUR
Tour
Monte Subasio (Eremo Carceri, Monte Subasio, Collepino,
Spello, + San Damiano )
(To be booked in advanced/payment directly
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Tour Monte Subasio
(Eremo Carceri, Monte Subasio, Collepino, Spello, + San
Damiano)
Mount Subasio
is a mountain of the Apennine mountains, in the province of
Perugia, Umbria, central Italy. On its slopes are located
the ancient towns of Assisi and Spello.
The mountain stands about 1290 metres above sea level.
Its pink colored stones were used for many Franciscan
buildings at the World Heritage site of Assisi. The area is
included in the natural park Parco del Monte Subasio.
The Eremo delle
Carceri is a small hermitage in a steep forest gorge at
the Monte Subasio, in Umbria, in middle Italy 4 kilometers
above Assisi, the steps and bows of which arch over a
quatrefoil-shaped hole in the smooth pink stone. This is the
"Devil Hole," a grotto. The word Carceri is from the Latin 'carceres'
and means "isolated places" (as well as "prisons").
In the 13th century,
Saint Francis of Assisi returned here during his life to
pray and contemplate as did other hermits before him. When
he first came in 1205, the only building here was a tiny
12th-century oratory. Soon other men followed him to the
mountain, finding their own isolated caves nearby in which
to pray. The oratory became known as Santa Maria delle
Carceri after the small "prisons" occupied by friars in the
area.
Spello is an
ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia
in east central Umbria, on the lower southern flank of Mt.
Subasio.
The old walled town lies on a regularly sloping ridge that
eventually meets the plain. From the top of the ridge,
Spello commands a good view of the Umbrian plain towards
Perugia; at the bottom of the ridge, the town spills out of
its walls into a small modern section (or Borgo) served by
the rail line from Rome to Florence via Perugia
San Damiano is
a church with a monastery near Assisi, Italy. It was the
first monastery of the Order of Saint Clare, where Saint
Clare built her community. Perhaps one of the most
significant aspects regarding the church as well was Saint
Francis' encounter with Christ. He had been praying at San
Damiano which at the time was a very run down building.
Saint Francis saw the figure of Christ crucified come alive
and say to him , "Francis, don't you see my house is
crumbling apart? Go, then, and restore it!" Afterwards Saint
Francis took action to repair San Damiano, although he
eventually realized that God's message to him was to restore
the Church as a whole rather than literally repair churches
such as San Damiano. The cross from which Christ spoke to
Saint Francis is known as the San Damiano cross. It
currently hangs in the Basilica di Santa Chiara |
