Assisi - the main sights Basilica of St. Francis and the Sacro Convento The basilica complex is composed of two churches built one above the other, the lower one dating from 1228-1230 and the upper one from 1230-1253, plus a crypt dug in 1818 to house the Saint's tomb. The Lower Bas...
One of the most common Christmas figures is Santa Claus. He came from the legend of St. Nicholas, who was born in Patara, an ancient city in present-day Turkey. St. Nicholas became the most famous non-Biblical saint of all time. There are more than 2,000 churches dedicated to him in...
Umbria is well-known for its many churches, a few of them going back to Roman times (notably inAssisi, home of Saint Francis), many of them Romanesque, many of them with beautiful frescoes or sculpture. The frescoes by Giotto in the Basilica di San Francesco in Assisi mark a turning poi...
Understanding Elvis:The sea change in the perception – and the demographics – of Elvis’s spirituality can perhaps be traced to the release of Paul Simon’s hugely successfulGracelandalbum of 1986. That haunting title song – about a pilgrimage by an urban sophisticate in pain, a guy who’s...