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Assisi (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.0667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 37 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.6167 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 1391.076 feet |
424.0000 meters |
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Note: Located on spur of Monte Subasio; was home to Umbrians (an Italic tribe) & Etruscans; later settled by Romans; site of feud of Dukes of Spoleto in Middle Ages; was independent commune in 12th cen., later part of the Papal States. Noted for large church and relics of St. Francis of Assisi. Was named UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. |
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| Assisi (preferred,C,V)
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| Asisium (H,V,S)
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| Assisium (H,V)
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| Asisinatium municipium (H,V)
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Umbria (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Assisi (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was early Umbrian & Etruscan center |
| town (C) |
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| monastic center (C) |
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was early site of Benedictine hermitage, later monastery of San Francesco & convent of San Damiano were founded here |
| pilgrimage center (C) |
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for tombs of St. Francis & St. Clare & other monuments important for the foundation of the Franciscan monastic order |
| tourist center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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for Etruscan & Roman remains, including temple of Minerva, forum & amphitheater |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for architecture & 13th-14th-cen. frescoes in San Francesco, including those by Simone Martini & Pietro Lorenzetti |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 2000 |
| municipium (H) |
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| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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| Ancient Umbrian (H) |
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