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Assisi should be a perfect Umbrian hill town. It's a tiered, overgrown village of pink and pale-gray stone drawn out along a mountainside and surrounded by a valley patchwork of fields and olive groves. It boasts Roman roots, a glowering castle and twisting alleyways from the Middle Ages, and some of Italy's finest early Renaissance art—all backed by the brilliant green slope of sacred Mt. Subasio. But this city with a population of less than 3,000 (and shrinking) saw, at the end of the 20th century, an average of 4 to 5 million visitors every year. This constant flood of travelers has polished the usual hill-town charm right off Assisi. Countless pilgrims, art lovers, and just plain curious travelers over the last 700 years have imparted to the town a thick tourist shellac it often can't quite shake even in its quietest, least visited corners. It's no accident the University of Perugia's "tourism studies" program is based here.
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AttractionsMuseo e Foro Romano
Via Portica (on the edge of Piazza del Comune)
Assisi, Italy Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: The piles of ancient Roman artifacts stacked against the walls here aren't quite... Read More San Pietro
Piazza San Pietro
Assisi, Italy Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: This pretty and sober little church downhill from the Basilica di San Francesco was consecrated... Read More Basilica di San Francesco
Piazza Superiore di San Francesco/Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco
Assisi, Italy Distance: 0.3 mi. (from destination center) Description: Francis's story is told below, with the handy visual aid of Giotto's fresco cycle in the... Read More AirportsMajor Airports near Assisi
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