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of the ancient Roman temple only the six-column façade remains. The church is the seat of the TOR, Third Regular Order of Saint Francis

The baroque basilica is located on the town hall square.

The Roman temple is a hexastyle prostyle of the Corinthian order. It is a podium temple whose columns rest on pedestals on the steps, which is comparatively unusual and results from the lack of space on the terrace on which the temple was originally located. The architrave is double-faced, and the frieze bore a dedicatory inscription that no longer exists. When the church was built in the 16th century, the cella was completely removed. The contrast between the grandiose classical façade and the small-scale interior, which was redesigned in the baroque style by the architect Giacomo Giorgetti from Assisi in the 17th century, is striking.

The town (Latin Asisium, older Italian/Tuscan Ascesi or Scesi, no longer in use today) was colonized by the Romans in 399 BC and built in terraces on a rocky ridge on the west side of Monte Subasio. It was previously an acropolis of the Umbrians. The city walls, the forum (or market square Piazza del Comune), a theater, an amphitheater and the Temple of Minerva, which was later converted into the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, can still be found from Roman times. In 328 the town was Christianized by the current patron saint Rufino di Assisi (San Rufino). In 545 the town was largely destroyed by the Ostrogoths, later came under the rule of the Lombards and was then placed under the control of the Dukes of Spoleto. In the 12th century, Assisi became a free commune and adopted a Ghibelline orientation, which was in contrast to the Guelph neighboring city of Perugia. Saint Francis of Assisi, who was born in Assisi in 1181/1182, was taken prisoner as a young man during these conflicts. In the 13th/14th centuries, the city expanded beyond the Roman city walls, and the walls were extended several times. In the late Middle Ages, Assisi was under the alternating rule of the popes, various condottieri, the dukes of Milan and Urbino, and finally returned to the Papal States in the 15th century. The city owes the fact that Assisi was saved from fighting and thus possibly from destruction in 1944 to the then commander of the German occupation troops, Colonel Valentin Müller, who was able to persuade the German commander in Italy, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, to declare Assisi an undefended, open hospital city. At the same time, Bishop Giuseppe Placido Nicolini and the Franciscan Rufino Niccacci, with helpers from the Catholic Church, organized the hiding of politically and racially persecuted people, including many Jews, in monasteries and other church buildings.

Medieval historians refer to this place as that of a Roman temple dedicated to the Bona Mater. Saint Peter Damian wrote that on this site there was a basilica containing the remains of Saint Rufinus, dating back to 412, and that Bishop Hugo (11th century) was at odds with the people because he wanted to take it to the then Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore with the victory of the citizens of Assisi. In the feudal city, the church of San Rufino was the fulcrum of the "citadel of the canons" and the foundation of the current church probably dates back to the eighth century. It was rebuilt for the first time in a larger form by Hugo himself, who gave it the title of cathedral in 1036. In 1140 a new reconstruction was started, based on a project by Giovanni da Gubbio, which lasted several decades. In 1210, the community, which used the churchyard for meetings, hoped for a speedy completion, attributing to the unfinished building the bad luck that animated the fighting between the factions. In 1228, the high altar was consecrated by Pope Gregory IX and in 1253 the entire church was consecrated by Innocent IV. In 1571, the interior of the cathedral was renovated according to a design by Galeazzo Alessi and took on its current form.

Assisi is located about 19 km southeast of the regional and provincial capital Perugia. The districts include Armenzano, Capodacqua, Castelnuovo, Palazzo, Petrignano, Pianello, Rivotorto, Santa Maria degli Angeli, San Vitale, Sterpeto, Torchiagina, Tordandrea and Tordibetto. The neighboring municipalities are Bastia Umbra, Bettona, Cannara, Nocera Umbra, Perugia, Spello, Valfabbrica and Valtopina.

Assisi is a beautiful place near Perugia and worth a visit.

The small hermitage “Eremo delle Carceri” is located a good five kilometers from the center of Assisi at the foot of the Monte Subasio mountain. In ancient times, the Latin word carceres meant not only a place of punishment, but also a place of retreat, penance and solitude. This is exactly what Francis and his confreres did when they built the small Cappella di S. Maria (Chapel of St. Mary) and retreated into the natural grottoes and gorges that the nearby mountains offered them to pray and pray meditate. Over time, the Franciscans, who have always administered Eremo, added other buildings to the small complex. The building took on its final form in the 19th century.