Monastero di San Giacomo de Murorupto

This post is actually a mix of a few Assisi photos, with the title reflecting the main subject. First, a view of the Basilica of Saint Francis on a sunny Spring Sunday.

The upper church is above on the right, the entrance to the lower one is through the higher arch in the center near where most of the people are gathered. Next is a couple of close-ups of the two thousand year old columns in front of the Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, once the Roman Temple of Minerva.

They're in remarkably good condition after twenty centuries. Interesting to consider a young Francis likely leaned against or sat between these columns just eight centuries ago.

Next are a few pictures from the ancient Monastero di San Giacomo de Murorupto (Monastery of Saint James of the Broken Wall) (so named for being close to a broken city wall), one of those special places just off a main walkway in Assisi that many might not even notice. One passes through a couple of courtyards to enter. The church was built in 1088.

On one of the walls are two frescoes, the first a Madonna with Child by the Maestro di San Quirico in the Fifteenth Century.

The second is Saint Catherine of Alexandria by the Maestro dello Stendardo di San Leonardo in the Fourteenth Century.

It's a peaceful and interesting place to visit. Winter has not gone quietly from Assisi this year, with the clouds and sun often claiming the same moments in time.

Finally, two angels brightening a wall.

This may, or may not, be my last post for a while. Leave soon for Venice and the eastern Mediterranean, and am not certain about free time and internet coverage. But will look forward to writing when the opportunity is there. Ciao.