Assisi Views

Here are a few pictures from around Assisi in recent days, no single theme. A view of Mount Subasio from the valley floor.

And an early morning one from town.

A nice terra-cotta work over a streetlamp.

Early morning, the Basilica of Saint Francis.

The entry to the lower church of the Basilica, later in the day.

An interesting window frame.

This last one comes with an explanation. I've written before about the window messages on this building, the Palazzo Bonacquisti, located on the Piazza del Comune. But I've learned a bit more about this first in a row of messages. The Palazzo Bonacquisti was built in the 16th Century by Galeazzo Filippo Pomponio Bonacquisti, Count of Panzo, which I know thanks to a fine book entitled, Guide to Assisi History and Art, which can be purchased, coincidently, at the bookstore on the ground floor of the Palazzo Bonacquisti. Now, if you look closely at the letters above the shutters, you'll see they closely resemble Galezzo's family name, but are different. He appears to have made an intentional play on words. The letters read, BONA ACQUISITA, basically meaning, DO GOOD. (Or perhaps, more broadly, acquire goodness.) Good name; good message.
So, bona acquisita e ciao!